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Using data from an autopsy series, we found a strong positive correlation between liver concentration of cadmium and death from heart disease. In view of recent experiments reported in the literature, the possibility that a low level of cadmium has a toxic effect on the cardiac conduction system is supported.
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Voors, A.W., Shuman, M.S. Liver cadmium levels in North Carolina residents who died of heart disease. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17, 692–696 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01685954
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