Dietary and serum α-tocopherol, β-carotene and retinol, and risk for colorectal cancer in male smokers

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 615-621

  Malila, N ^a   Virtamo, J ^a   Virtanen, M ^a   Pietinen, P ^a   Albanes, D ^b   Teppo, L ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cohort studies; Colorectal neoplasms; Diet; Plasma; Vitamin E; carotene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; MULTIVITAMIN; PLACEBO; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0036315759     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601366     Document Type: Article

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