Vitamin E and heart disease: A case study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages

  Kushi, Lawrence H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Coronary heart disease; Epidemiologic studies; Prospective studies; Vitamin E; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032973802     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/69.6.1322s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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