Vitamin E in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer: the Women's Health Study: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on July 06, 2005

Authors

I-Min Lee1, Nancy R Cook, J Michael Gaziano, David Gordon, Paul M Ridker, Joann E Manson, Charles H Hennekens, Julie E Buring

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA. ilee@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Study (WHS): A Randomized Trial of Low-dose Aspirin and Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer (WHS) | NCT00000479

Effects of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) in Parkinson Disease (QE3) | NCT00740714

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