Vitamin supplements and cancer risk: The epidemiologic evidence

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 786-802

  Patterson, Ruth E ^a,b   White, Emily ^a,b   Kristal, Alan R ^a,b   Neuhouser, Marian L ^a   Potter, John D ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nutrients; Risk factors; Supplements; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MINERAL; RETINOID; RETINOL; SELENIUM; VITAMIN; ZINC;

CANCER; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLEMENTATION;

BETA CAROTENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030783014     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018443724293     Document Type: Review

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