Dietary antioxidant vitamins and fiber in the etiology of cardiovascular disease and all-causes mortality: Results from the Scottish Heart Health Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1073-1080

  Todd, Susan ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a,b   Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^b   Bolton Smith, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Coronary disease; Dietary fiber; Mortality; Prospective studies; Risk factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032759478     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009931     Document Type: Article

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