The effect of α-tocopherol and β-carotene supplementation on colorectal adenomas in middle-aged male smokers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 489-493

  Malila, Nea ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^a   Albanes, Demetrius ^b   Tangrea, Joseph A ^b   Huttunen, Jussi K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SMOKING;

EID: 0033047447     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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