Dietary supplement use and mortality in a cohort of Swedish men

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 626-631

  Messerer, Maria ^a   Håkansson, Niclas ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^a   Åkesson, Agneta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Cancer mortality; Cardiovascular mortality; Dietary supplements; Prospective studies; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FISH OIL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949084544     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507812049     Document Type: Article

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