Background and rationale behind the SU.VI.MAX study, a prevention trial using nutritional doses of a combination of antioxidant vitamins and minerals to reduce cardiovascular diseases and cancers

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-20

  Hercberg, Serge ^a   Galan, Pilar ^a   Preziosi, Paul ^a   Roussel, Anne Marie ^b   Arnaud, Josianne ^b   Richard, Marie Jeanne ^b   Malvy, Denis ^c   Paul Dauphin, Agnès ^d   Briançon, Serge ^d   Favier, Alain ^b  

^a Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Beta carotene; Cancer; Cardiovascular Diseases; Prevention; Selenium; Trial; Vitamin C; Vitamin D; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031913588     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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