Human serum carotenoid concentrations are related to physiologic and lifestyle factors

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-137

  Brady, William E ^a   Mares Perlman, Julie A ^a   Bowen, Phyllis ^b   Stacewicz Sapuntzakis, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoids; humans

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCARBON; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030034228     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.1.129     Document Type: Article

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