Cancer-related behavior of vitamin supplement users

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-81

  Patterson, Ruth E ^a,b   Neuhouser, Marian L ^a   White, Emily ^a,b   Hunt, Julie R ^a   Kristal, Alan R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FAT; MINERAL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SUPPLEMENTATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMINS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031887659     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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