The potential role of antioxidant vitamins in preventing cardiovascular diseases and cancers

Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-520

  Hercberg, Serge ^a,b   Galan, Pilar ^a   Preziosi, Paul ^a   Alfarez, Maria Jose ^a   Vazquez, Clotilde ^a  

^a Inst Sci Tech Nutr de l'Aliment   (France)

^b Sorbonne Paris Nord University   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Beta carotene; Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Prevention; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASBESTOS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STRESS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0032101765     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(98)00040-9     Document Type: Review

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