Controlled trial of α-tocopherol and β-carotene supplements on stroke incidence and mortality in male smokers

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 230-235

  Leppälä, Jaana M ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Fogelholm, Rainer ^b   Huttunen, Jussi K ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^c   Taylor, Philip R ^c   Heinonen, Olli P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; tocopherol; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0343158250     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.1.230     Document Type: Article

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