Variations in serum carotenoid concentrations among United States adults by ethnicity and sex

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-217

  Ford, Earl S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Diet Surveys; Ethnic Groups; Health Surveys

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0034149638     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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