Chemoprevention of lung cancer: The rise and demise of beta-carotene

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue , 1998, Pages 73-99

  Omenn, Gilbert S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carcinogenesis; Fruits vegetables; Vitamin A; Vitamin supplements

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CROCETIN; CRYPTOXANTHIN; FOLIC ACID; LYCOPENE; MOLYBDENUM; RETINAL; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOL ESTER; SELENIUM; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CARCINOGENICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; CHEMOPREVENTION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0031841439     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.19.1.73     Document Type: Review

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