Dietary antioxidants and lung cancer risk: A case-control study in Uruguay

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-110

  De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^c   Mendilaharsu, Maria ^a   Carzoglio, Julio C ^c   Ronco, Alvaro ^a   Olivera, Luis ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Instituto Nacional de Oncologia Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URUGUAY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0032816221     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC340114     Document Type: Article

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