Serum β-carotene and α-tocopherol in smokers and non-smokers - Associations with food sources and supplemental intakes. A report from the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort

Nutrition Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-183

  Wallströma, Peter ^a   Wirfält, Elisabet ^a   Mattisson, Irene ^a   Gullberg, Bo ^a   Janzon, Lars ^a   Berglund, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beta Carotene (blood); Cross Sectional Studies; Diet surveys; Dietary supplements; Vegetables; Vitamin E (blood)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARROT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0037303396     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(02)00512-2     Document Type: Article

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