Dietary carotenoids and certain cancers, heart disease, and age-related macular degeneration: A review of recent research

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 201-214

  Cooper, Dale A ^a   Eldridge, Alison L ^a   Peters, John C ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EYE PROTECTION; FAT INTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032816845     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb06944.x     Document Type: Review

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