Causal Relationship Between Air Pollutants and Blood Pressure Phenotypes: A Mendelian Randomization Study
By: Xianshang Zhu, Huabo Mao, Hongyu Zeng, Fengli Lv and Jiancheng Wang
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1404 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 28, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2025
Published on: Feb 24, 2025
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