Plasma concentrations of micronutrients during a nine-month clinical trial of β-carotene in women with precursor cervical cancer lesions

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-52

  Palan, Prabhudas R ^a   Chang, Chen J ^a   Mikhail, Magdy S ^a   Ho, Gloria Y F ^a   Basu, Jayasri ^a   Romney, Seymour L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; STEROID; TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRECANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WART VIRUS;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES;

EID: 0031946204     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514639     Document Type: Article

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