Dietary antioxidants and risk of myocardial infarction in the elderly: The Rotterdam Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-266

  Klipstein Grobusch, Kerstin ^b   Geleijnse, Johanna M ^b   Den Breeijen, Johanna H ^b   Boeing, Heiner ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dietary antioxidants; Elderly; Ischemic heart disease; Myocardial infarction; Netherlands; The Rotterdam Study; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Vitamin supplements; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0032899706     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.2.261     Document Type: Article

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