Plasma carotenoids and the prevalence of adenomatous polyps of the distal colon and rectum

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 552-557

  Shikany, James M ^a,c   Witte, John S ^a,d   Henning, Susanne M ^a   Swendseid, Marian E ^a   Bird, Cristy L ^a,e   Frankl, Harold D ^b   Lee, Eric R ^b   Haile, Robert W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adenomatous polyps; carotenoids; case control studies; colonic neoplasms; colonic polyps; rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON POLYP; DESCENDING COLON; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RECTUM POLYP;

EID: 0031053549     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009144     Document Type: Article

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