Vitamin E and its effect on arterial stiffness in postmenopausal women - A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 587-592

  Rasool, Aida H G ^a   Rehman, A ^b   Wan Yusuf, W N ^a   Rahman, A R A ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Menopause; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0348133538     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CPP41587     Document Type: Article

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