Serum carotenoids and breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1142-1147

  Toniolo, Paolo ^a,b   Van Kappel, Anne Linda ^c   Akhmedkhanov, Arslan ^a   Ferrari, Pietro ^c   Kato, Ikuko ^a,b   Shore, Roy E ^a,b   Riboli, Elio ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Carotenoids; Case control studies; Cohort studies; Diet; Nutrition; Risk factors; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0035876472     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.12.1142     Document Type: Article

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