Health effects of vegetables and fruit: Assessing mechanisms of action in human experimental studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Lampe, Johanna W ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Atherosclerosi s; Cancer; Diet; Epidemiologic studies; Fruit; Human; Phytochemicals; Prevention; Randomized trials; Vegetables; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DETOXIFICATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032865093     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.3.475s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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