Antioxidant vitamin status and carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 402-408

  Gale, Catharine R ^a   Ashurst, Hazel E ^b   Powers, Hilary J ^b   Martyn, Christopher N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery disease; Dietary antioxidants; Elderly; LDL; Low density lipoprotein; Oxidation; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FIBRINOGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VITAMIN;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034871801     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/74.3.402     Document Type: Article

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