Associations between antioxidants and all-cause mortality among US adults with obstructive lung function

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1662-1673

  Ford, Earl S ^a   Li, Chaoyang ^b   Cunningham, Timothy J ^a   Croft, Janet B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; LYCOPENE; SELENIUM; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922394645     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514002669     Document Type: Article

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