Effects of beta-carotene supplementation on cancer incidence by baseline characteristics in the Physicians' Health Study (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 617-626

  Cook, Nancy R ^a   Lee, I Min ^a,b   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c   Hennekens, Charles H ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta carotene; Neoplasms; Prevention; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPIRIN; BETA CAROTENE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIANS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033884831     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008995430664     Document Type: Article

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