Vitamins, selenium, iron, and coronary heart disease risk in Indians, Malays, and Chinese in Singapore

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Hughes, Kenneth ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FERRITIN; IRON; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN;

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DISEASE RISK; ETHNIC DISPARITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE; COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIAN; IRON INTAKE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGAPORE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031911313     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.3.181     Document Type: Article

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