Risk of ovarian carcinoma and consumption of vitamins A, C, and E and specific carotenoids: A prospective analysis

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2318-2326

  Fairfield, Kathleen M ^a,b,d   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,c   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant vitamins; Diet; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Ovarian carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0035498667     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011101)92:9<2318::AID-CNCR1578>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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