Vitamin C status and undiagnosed angina

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-377

  Ness, Andrew R ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b   Bingham, Sheila ^c   Day, Nick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angina; coronary heart disease; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029995718     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182679600300407     Document Type: Article

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