Assessment of the safety of supplementation with different amounts of vitamin E in healthy older adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a   Meydani, Mohsen ^b   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^b   Leka, Lynette S ^b   Pedrosa, Marcos ^b   Diamond, Richard ^b   Schaefer, Ernst J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

All rac tocopherol; Bleeding time; Elderly; Neutrophil cytotoxicity; Safety; Supplementation; Toxicity; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE STATUS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0031845469     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.2.311     Document Type: Article

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