A dietary oxidative balance score of vitamin C, β-carotene and iron intakes and mortality risk in male smoking Belgians

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 756-761

  Van Hoydonck, Pascale G A ^a   Temme, Elisabeth H M ^a   Schouten, Evert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort study; Iron; Male smokers; Mortality risk; Vitamin C; carotene

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0036218066     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/132.4.756     Document Type: Article

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