Surviving antioxidant supplements

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 742-743

  Bjelakovic, Goran ^a,b,c   Gluud, Christian ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGING; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447278831     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djk211     Document Type: Editorial

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