Dietary carotenoids and vitamins A, C, and E and risk of breast cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-556

  Zhang, Shumin ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^d   Forman, Michele R ^b   Rosner, Bernard A ^d   Speizer, Frank E ^d   Colditz, Graham A ^d   Manson, JoAnn E ^d   Hankinson, Susan E ^d   Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0033577234     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.6.547     Document Type: Article

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