The use of antioxidants in retarding atherosclerosis: Fact or fiction?

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-133

  Futterman, Laurie G ^a   Lemberg, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033093059     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.2.130     Document Type: Article

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