Vitamin C intake and risk of ischemic heart disease in a population with a high prevalence of smoking

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 372-378

  Nam, Chung Mo ^a   Oh, Kyung Won ^a   Lee, Kang Hee ^a   Suh, Il ^a   Cho, Seung Yun ^b   Shim, Won Heum ^b   Jee, Sun Ha ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Case control study; Ischemic heart disease; Republic of Korea; Vitamin C intake

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0141885313     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2003.10719320     Document Type: Article

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