Vitamins and lung cancer

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-333

  Virtamo, Jarmo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Lung cancer; Vitamin C; Vitamin E; Carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032811738     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665199000440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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