Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease

• Main Authors: Mark P. Little (Author), Marjan Boerma (Author), Marie-Odile Bernier (Author), Tamara V. Azizova (Author), Lydia B. Zablotska (Author), Andrew J. Einstein (Author), Nobuyuki Hamada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. It has been known for some considerable time that radiation is associated with excess risk of CVD. A recent systematic review of radiation and CVD highlighted substantial inter-study heterogeneity in effect, po...