Vitamins E and C in the prevention of cardiovascular disease in men: the Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial.

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Published in JAMA on November 09, 2008

Authors

Howard D Sesso1, Julie E Buring, William G Christen, Tobias Kurth, Charlene Belanger, Jean MacFadyen, Vadim Bubes, JoAnn E Manson, Robert J Glynn, J Michael Gaziano

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Ave E, Boston, MA 02215, USA. hsesso@hsph.harvard.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Physicians' Health Study II (PHS II) | NCT00270647

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