Dietary antioxidant vitamin intake and lung function in the general population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1383-1387

  Britton, John R ^a   Pavord, Ian D ^b   Richards, Kathie A ^b   Knox, Alan J ^b   Wisniewski, Antoni F ^b   Lewis, Sarah A ^b   Tattersfield, Anne E ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0029057210     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.5.7735589     Document Type: Article

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