Serum Carotenoid Levels Vary by Marital Status

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1581-1585

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Lackan, Nuha A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA-CAROTENE; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUTEIN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VEGETABLES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 34548128035     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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