Multivitamin supplements are inversely associated with risk of myocardial infarction in men and women - Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP)

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2650-2654

  Holmquist, Christina ^a   Larsson, Susanna ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^a   De Faire, Ulf ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Minerals; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; FOLIC ACID; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0042209777     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.8.2650     Document Type: Article

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