The effect of antioxidant vitamin supplementation on traditional cardiovascular risk factors

European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Miller, Edgar R ^a   Appel, Lawrence J ^a   Levander, Orville A ^b   Levine, David M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant vitamins; atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; blood pressure; serum glucose; serum lipids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY RISK; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030840699     PISSN: 17418267     EISSN: 17418275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/174182679700400104     Document Type: Article

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