Micronutrients: Dietary intake v. supplement use

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-553

  Woodside, Jayne V ^a   McCall, Damian ^a   McGartland, Claire ^a   Young, Ian S ^a  

^a Centre for Clinical and Population Science   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Disease; Micronutrients; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FOLIC ACID; ZINC;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LUNG CANCER; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244461268     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2005464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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