Vitamin e intake in relation to allergic sensitization and IgE serum concentration

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Sausenthaler, Stefanie ^a   Loebel, Tobias ^a,b   Linseisen, Jakob ^b,c   Nagel, Gabriele ^c,d   Magnussen, Helgo ^e   Heinrich, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e KRANKENHAUS GROSSHANSDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Allergic sensitization; Dietary vitamin E; ECRHS II; Immunoglobulin E; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149131408     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3521     Document Type: Article

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