Environmental Heavy Metals Exposure: Effects on Development of Heart Failure in Nigeria
Ikaraoha Chidiebere Ikechukwu, Mbadiwe Nkeiruka Chigaekwu, Njoku Mercy Chimankpa, Nwadike Constance & Dike-Ndudim Joy · Asian Journal of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases · 2021
Background: Despite indications that environmental heavy metals; Lead (Pb), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd) and Mercury (Hg) exposure may play important role in the pathogenesis of Cardiovascular diseases and thus heart failure, it has not been investigated in Black-African human popu...
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