β-carotene and the role of intervention studies

Cancer Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 329-331

  Potter, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Cancer; Epidemiology; Fruit; Intervention; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CAROTENE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0030889568     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04694-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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