Antioxidant vitamins and mineral supplementation, life span expansion and cancer incidence: A critical commentary

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 769-781

  Dolara, Piero ^a   Bigagli, Elisabetta ^a   Collins, Andrew ^b,c  

^a Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidants; Cancer; Free radicals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MINERAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; VITAMIN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84870249796     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0389-2     Document Type: Review

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