Antioxidant vitamins and [beta]-carotene in disease prevention
Subtitle: proceedings of a symposium held in Berlin, Germany, October 10-12, 1994
By: guest scientific editors, Norman I. Krinsky, Helmut Sies.
Contributors: Krinsky, Norman I.; Sies, H. 1942-; National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Series: Supplement to the American journal of clinical nutrition -- v. 62, no. 6(S); American journal of clinical nutrition -- v. 62, no. 6.
Publisher: American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1540
Subjects: Antioxidants -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses.; Vitamin E -- Therapeutic use -- Congresses.; Vitamin therapy -- Congresses.; Carotene -- therapeutic use -- congresses.; Oxidative Stress -- drug effects -- congresses.; Chronic Disease -- prevention & control -- congresses.
Notes: Sponsors: National Cancer Institute and others.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Biochemical basis for potential health effects of antioxidant nutrients; value: Cardiovascular disease, evidence for preventive role of antioxidant vitamins and [beta] carotene; value: Cancer, evidence for the preventive role of antioxidant vitamins and [beta] carotene; value: Antioxidant vitamins and [beta]-carotene in other degenerative conditions associated with oxidative stress; value: Public health implications of antioxidant vitamins and [beta]-carotene.