Vitamin E improves arterial compliance in middle-aged men and women

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 399-404

  Mottram, Philip ^a   Shige, Hideki ^a   Nestel, Paul ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial compliance; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032794266     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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