The association between participant characteristics and serum concentrations of β-carotene, retinol, retinyl palmitate, and α-tocopherol among participants in the Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET) for prevention of lung cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 815-821

  Goodman, Gary E ^a,b,c   Thornquist, Mark ^a   Kestin, Mark ^a   Metch, Barbara ^a   Anderson, Garnet ^a   Omenn, Gilbert S ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ASBESTOS; BETA CAROTENE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0029952991     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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