The Italian-American Clinical Trial of Nutritional Supplements and Age-Related Cataract (CTNS): Design implications. CTNS report no. 1

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 815-829

  Maraini, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Antioxidants; Clinical trial; Natural history; Vitamin mineral supplements

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347482471     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(03)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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