Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than cocaine: scientists
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-heart-air-pollution-idUSTRE71N05920110224
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Air pollution triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday.
:http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-heart-air-pollution-idUSTRE71N05920110224
:http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/24/us-heart-air-pollution-idUSTRE71N05920110224
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- Pollution, Cocaine, Heart Attack, exertion
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Mercury_Exposure
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology Foundation
Inordinately high levels of Mercury (Hg) (22,000 times greater than that in control subjects) seen in the heart tissue of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/full/35/3/819 - 2 years ago
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Mercury_Exposure
