Retinal vascular changes following supplementation with alpha-tocopherol or beta-carotene

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-73

  Teikari, Jaakko M ^a,e   Laatikainen, L ^a   Rapola, J M ^b   Virtamo, J ^b   Haukka, J ^b   Liesto, K ^c   Taylor, P ^d   Heinonen, Q P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Laakso Hospital   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Sepänkatu 7 A 23   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Antioxidant; Beta carotene; Retina; Supplementation; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031886973     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760112.x     Document Type: Article

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