Dietary Vitamins A, C, and E and selenium as risk factors for cervical cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 8-15

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Abbott, Thomas M ^a   Overall, James C ^a   Robison, Linda M ^a   French, Thomas K ^a   Jolles, Christopher ^a   Gardner, John W ^b   West, Dee W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Case control; Cervical neoplasms; Cigarette smoking; Selenium; Vitamin A; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UTAH; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0025179130     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199001000-00004     Document Type: Article

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