Vitamins and cancer chemoprevention

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Giacosa, A ^a   Filiberti, R ^a   Hill, M J ^b   Faivre, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ECP Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

^c Registre des Tumeurs Digestives   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; cancer; chemoprevention; precancerous lesion; vitamin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030928417     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199703001-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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