Does Opium Consumption Have Shared Impact on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer?

Farzad Masoudkabir ^1,2 , Reza Malekzadeh ³, Negin Yavari ² , Kazem Zendehdel ⁴, Arya Mani ⁵, Ali Vasheghani-Farahani ¹, Andrew Ignaszewski ⁶, Mustafa Toma ⁶, Pegah Roayaei ¹, Karam Turk-Adawi ⁷, Nizal Sarrafzadegan ^8,9 *

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