Could antioxidants play a role in high rates of coronary heart disease in the Czech Republic?

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 632-636

  Bobak M ^a,d   Brunner, E ^a   Miller, N J ^b   Skodova Z ^c   Marmot, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diet; Eastern Europe; Myocardial infarction; Plasma levels

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; VEIN PUNCTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031666058     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600616     Document Type: Article

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