Vitamin E and colon cancer: Is there an association?

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-206

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Anderson, Kristin ^b   Caan, Bette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031811040     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514664     Document Type: Article

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