Vitamin E supplementation and in vivo immune response in healthy elderly subjects: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1380-1386

  Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a   Meydani, Mohsen ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^a   Leka, Lynette S ^a   Siber, George ^b   Loszewski, Robert ^a   Thompson, Claudette ^b   Pedrosa, Marcos C ^c   Diamond, Richard D ^d   Stollar, B David ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AUTOANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VACCINATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030906015     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.17.1380     Document Type: Article

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