Predictors of adipose tissue carotenoid and retinol levels in nine countries: The EURAMIC study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 968-979

  Virtanen, Suvi M ^a,b,c   Van't Veer, Pieter ^a   Kok, Frans ^a   Kardinaal, Alwine F M ^d   Aro, Antti ^e  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; alcohol drinking; body mass index; carotenoids; fatty acids; smoking; waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISRAEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0029822698     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008867     Document Type: Article

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