Plasma carotenoids are related to intima - media thickness of the carotid artery wall in men from eastern Finland

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-485

  Karppi, J ^a   Kurl, S ^a   Laukkanen, J A ^a,b   Rissanen, T H ^a   Kauhanen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPLAND CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotenoids; Elderly men; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD LEVEL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FINLAND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTENOIDS; CAROTID ARTERIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 80054032980     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02401.x     Document Type: Article

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