Relationship between systemic markers of inflammation and serum β-carotene levels

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1903-1908

  Erlinger, Thomas P ^a,b   Guallar, Eliseo ^a,b   Miller III, Edgar R ^a,b   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael ^c   Appel, Lawrence J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0034892668     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1903     Document Type: Article

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