Beta-carotene increases lung cancer incidence in cigarette smokers

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 178-180

  De Luca, Luigi M ^a   Ross, Sharon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029955507     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1996.tb03926.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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