Oral Administration of Ascorbic Acid Attenuates Endothelial Dysfunction after Short-term Cigarette Smoking

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 417-422

  Stamatelopoulos, Kimon S ^a,b   Lekakis, John P ^a   Papamichael, Christos M ^a   Papaioannou, Theodore G ^a   Cimboneriou, Adrianna ^a   Stamatelopoulos, Stamatios F ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Ascorbic acid; Endothelium; Primary prevention; Smoking; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0346887226     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.73.6.417     Document Type: Article

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