Dietary carotenoids and lung cancer: A review of recent research

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 133-145

  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

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 0033040252     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb01794.x     Document Type: Review

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