Dietary vitamin A and prevalence of bronchial metaplasia in asbestos- exposed workers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 630-635

  Mayne, Susan T ^a,b   Redlich, Carrie A ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Asbestos; Bronchial metaplasia; Carotenoids; Humans; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ASBESTOS; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031669015     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.3.630     Document Type: Article

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