Antioxidant flavonols and ischemic heart disease in a Welsh population of men: The Caerphilly Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1489-1494

  Hertog, Michaël G L ^a   Sweetnam, Peter M ^b   Fehily, Ann M ^b   Elwood, Peter C ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antioxidants; Caerphilly Study; Flavonols; ischemic heart disease; men; milk; prevention; quercetin; risk factor; tea; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0030973745     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.5.1489     Document Type: Article

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