Plasma levels of β-carotene, lycopene, canthaxanthin, retinol, and α- and τ-tocopherol in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-185

  Palan, Prabhudas R ^a   Mikhail, Magdy S ^a   Goldberg, Gary L ^a   Basu, Jayasri ^a   Runowicz, Carolyn D ^a   Romney, Seymour L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030053405     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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