Prediction of male cancer mortality by plasma levels of interacting vitamins: 17-year follow-up of the prospective Basel study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Eichholzer, Monika ^a   Stähelin, Hannes B ^b   Gey, K Fred ^c   Lüdin, Eric ^d   Bernasconi, Florence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0029993042     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960410)66:2<145::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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