Tell me what your blood β-carotene level is, I will tell you what your health risk is! The viewpoint of the SUVIMAX researchers

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 310-312

  Hercberg, Serge ^a,b,c   Czernichow, Sebastien ^a,b   Galan, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FREE RADICAL;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70349264464     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239849     Document Type: Short Survey

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