Randomised controlled trial of effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on plasma concentrations of lipids and antioxidants

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7097, 1997, Pages 1787-1791

  Zino, Sarah ^a   Skeaff, Murray ^a   Williams, Sheila ^a   Mann, Jim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b University of Otago ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030985320     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7097.1787     Document Type: Article

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