The salutary effects of antioxidant vitamins on the plasma lipids of healthy middle aged-to-elderly individuals: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 10-13

  Rezaian, Gholam R ^a,b   Taheri, Maryam ^a   Mozaffari, Behnam E ^a   Mosleh, Abbas A ^a   Ghalambor, Mohammad A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OUTPATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0041737740     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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