Serum concentrations of carotenoids and vitamins A, E, and C in control subjects from five European countries

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-238

  Olmedilla, Begoña ^a   Granado, Fernando ^a   Southon, Susan ^b   Wright, Anthony J A ^b   Blanco, Inmaculada ^a   Gil Martinez, Enrique ^a   Van Den Berg, Henk ^c   Corridan, Bernice ^d   Roussel, Anne Marie ^e   Chopra, Mridula ^f   Thurnham, David I ^f  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UFR Sci Pharmaceutiques Biologiques   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; European control subjects; Vitamins; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0035076118     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2000248     Document Type: Article

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