Plasma carotene and α-tocopherol in relation to 10-y all-cause and cause-specific mortality in European elderly: The Survey in Europe on Nutrition and the Elderly, a Concerted Action (SENECA)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 879-886

  Buijsse, Brian ^a,b   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Schlettwein Gsell, Daniela ^c   Ferry, Monique ^d   Kok, Frans J ^b   Kromhout, Daan ^a,b   De Groot, Lisette C P G M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Carotene; Cohort study; Elderly; Mortality; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744591426     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.4.879     Document Type: Article

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