Vitamin E to prevent cardiovascular disease: Pill or dietary package?

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-469

  Schwenke, Dawn C ^a,b  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; TABLETS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 34447324377     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e32825fea3a     Document Type: Editorial

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