Plasma carotenoids and tocopherols and risk of myocardial infarction in a low-risk population of US male physicians

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 802-807

  Hak, A Elisabeth ^a,d   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Campos, Hannia ^a   Sesso, Howard D ^b   Gaziano, J Michael ^b,c   Willett, Walter ^a,b   Ma, Jing ^b,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular diseases; Myocardial infarction; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TOCOPHEROLS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN A; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0041886981     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000084546.82738.89     Document Type: Article

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