Daily multivitamins to reduce mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 847-

  Singal, Mayank ^a   Banh, Hoan Linh ^a   Allan, G Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84882943432     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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