Non-organ specific cancer prevention of ginseng: A prospective study in Korea

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-364

  Yun, Taik Koo ^a   Choi, Soo Yong ^a  

^a Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Cohort study; Ginseng; Non organ specific prevention; Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

CANCER; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISEASE CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0031844243     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.359     Document Type: Article

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