Vitamin E may affect the life expectancy of men, depending on dietary vitamin C intake and smoking

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-220

  Hemilä, Harri ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Elderly; Longevity; Male; Mortality; Oxidative stress; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FINLAND; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951782230     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq178     Document Type: Article

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