Can vitamin E prevent cardiovascular events and cancer?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 510-511

  Widder, Julian D ^a   Harrison, David G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular events; Heart failure; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 27944432553     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0291     Document Type: Short Survey

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