A closer look at vitamin E: Can this antioxidant prevent chronic diseases?

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-207

  Meydani, Mohsen ^a   Meisler, Jodi Godfrey ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; SCAVENGER; SELENIUM;

AGING; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030814121     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.08.294     Document Type: Review

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