Antioxidant Vitamins, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease

In 1850, an article on the origin of epidemic yellow fever and malaria appeared in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 1 The anonymous author referred to earlier reports that “those who slept under musquito [sic] netting escaped the disease” and that “a gauze screen in a window adds much to the...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 334; no. 18; pp. 1189 - 1190
Main Authors Greenberg, E. Robert, Sporn, Michael B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 02.05.1996
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Antioxidants - therapeutic use
beta Carotene
Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control
Carotenoids - therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Male
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Vitamin E - administration & dosage
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Summary:In 1850, an article on the origin of epidemic yellow fever and malaria appeared in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 1 The anonymous author referred to earlier reports that “those who slept under musquito [sic] netting escaped the disease” and that “a gauze screen in a window adds much to the security of . . . the occupant of a chamber, in even the most unsound places.” These observations, which now seem prescient, were used to support the theory that epidemics result from infective spores carried by the wind from decaying organic matter; the netting and screens were believed to . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJM199605023341810