Plasma retinol and plasma and lipoprotein tocopherol and carotenoid concentrations in healthy elderly participants of the Framingham Heart Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 950-958

  Vogel, Silke ^b   Contois, John H ^b   Tucker, Katherine L ^b   Wilson, Peter W F ^b   Schaefer, Ernst J ^b   Lammi Keefe, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Elderly; Framingham Heart Study; Lipoproteins; Plasma; Retinol; Tocopherol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030819163     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.4.950     Document Type: Article

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