Antioxidant vitamin supplementation in the prevention of cardiovascular disease;Antioxidanzien und vitamine in der prävention von kardiovaskulä ren erkrankungen

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 615-618

  Yuen, B ^a,b   Furrer, L ^b   Ballmer, Peter E ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik Winterthur   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; VITAMINS;

EID: 25144498497     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.62.9.615     Document Type: Review

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