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It’s definitely time to consider diet in its ultra-processing form as a major risk factor for thrombotic vascular disorders

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Diet, thrombotic risk, venous thromboembolism
Published: 3 August 2023
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Marialaura Bonaccio
marialaura.bonaccio@moli-sani.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-6552
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.
Licia Iacoviello
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli; Department of Medicine and Surgery, Research Center in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (EPIMED), University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Maria Benedetta Donati
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1747-5443
Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy.

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Bonaccio M, Iacoviello L, Donati MB. It’s definitely time to consider diet in its ultra-processing form as a major risk factor for thrombotic vascular disorders. Bleeding Thromb Vascul Biol [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 3 [cited 2025 Sep. 6];2(3). Available from: https://www.btvb.org/btvb/article/view/91
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