The effect of vitamin e and beta carotene on the incidence of lung cancer and other cancers in male smokers

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 330, Issue 15, 1994, Pages 1029-1035

  The Alpha Tocopherol Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Group, ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0010607277     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199404143301501     Document Type: Article

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