Incidence of cataract operations in Finnish male smokers unaffected by α tocopherol or β carotene supplements

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 468-472

  Teikari, J M ^a,d   Rautalahti, M ^b   Haukka, J ^b   Jarvinen P ^b   Hartman, A M ^c   Virtamo, J ^b   Albanes, D ^c   Heinonen, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PL39   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENILE CATARACT; SMOKING;

EID: 0031827631     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.7.468     Document Type: Article

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