A population-based case-control study of carotenoid and vitamin A intake and ovarian cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-90

  Bertone, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^c,d   Rosner, Bernard ^c   Willett, Walter C ^d   Stampfer, Meir J ^d   Egan, Kathleen M ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Ovarian cancer; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MASSACHUSETTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; WISCONSIN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0035146816     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008985015927     Document Type: Article

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