Importance of α-carotene, β-carotene, and other phytochemicals in the etiology of lung cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 612-615

  Ziegler, Regina G ^a,d   Colavito, Elizabeth A ^a   Hartge, Patricia ^a   McAdams, Mary J ^b   Schoenberg, Janet B ^c   Mason, Thomas J ^a,e   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0029869491     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.9.612     Document Type: Article

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