Serum carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin C levels in breast cancer and cancer of the uterine cervix

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-177

  Ramaswamy, Girija ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Lakshmi ^a  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029920960     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589609514439     Document Type: Article

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