Antioxidant vitamin and mineral supplements for preventing age-related macular degeneration

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Evans, Jennifer R ^a   Lawrenson, John G ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASBESTOS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MINERAL; MULTIVITAMIN; VITAMIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WET MACULAR DEGENERATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG COMBINATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; META ANALYSIS;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MINERALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 85026436588     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000253.pub4     Document Type: Review

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