A review of the epidemiological evidence for the 'antioxidant hypothesis'

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-422

  Stanner, S A ^a   Hughes, J ^b   Kelly, C N M ^a   Buttriss, J ^a  

^a BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidont; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Fruit and vegetables; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; STROKE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4344691399     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003543     Document Type: Review

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