Nutrition
Volume 17, Issue 10 , Pages 809-814 , October 2001

Role of vitamin E and oxidative stress in exercise

  • Jennifer M. Sacheck, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD (FACN)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, FACN, Antioxidants Research Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
    • Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

,Accepted 1 June 2001.

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