Effect of temperature and light on the stability of fat-soluble vitamins in whole blood over several days: Implications for epidemiological studies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 518-525

  Clark, Sarah ^a   Youngman, Linda D ^a,b   Chukwurah, Buki ^a   Palmer, Alison ^a   Parish, Sarah ^a   Peto, Richard ^a   Collins, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Blood based epidemiology; Light; Stability; Temperature; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; VITAMIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; SOLUBILITY; VITAMINS;

EID: 3242884356     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh064     Document Type: Article

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