Urinary bisphenol A concentration and risk of future coronary artery disease in apparently healthy men and women
Melzer, D; Osborne, NJ; Henley, William E.; et al.Cipelli, Riccardo; Young, A; Money, C; McCormack, P; Luben, R; Khaw, KT; Wareham, NJ; Galloway, Tamara S.
Date: 27 March 2012
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Circulation
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American Heart Association
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The endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is widely used in food and beverage packaging. Higher urinary BPA concentrations were cross-sectionally associated with heart disease in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2004 and NHANES 2005-2006, independent of traditional risk factors.
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