Heart and vascular diseases

Carotenoids in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 473-490

  Sesso, Howard D ^a,b   Michael Gaziano, J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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