Oxidative stress and antioxidant status in cardiovascular diseases in population of western Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 4 NO. 3, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 271-274

  Risal, Sanjiv ^a   Adhikari, D ^b   Alurkar, V M ^b   Singh, P P ^b  

^a NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Oxidative stress; Total antioxidant activity; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33846442876     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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