The independent association of smoking and drinking with serum β-carotene levels among males in Miyagi, Japan

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 300-306

  Fukao, Akira ^a   Tsubono, Yoshitaka ^a,b   Kawamura, Mieko ^c   Ido, Tatsuo ^c   Akazawa, Noriko ^d   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a   Komatsu, Shoko ^a   Minami, Yuko ^a   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotene; Alcohol drinking; Cigarette smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARROT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BETA CAROTENE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0029986412     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.2.300     Document Type: Article

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