A prospective study on supplemental vitamin E intake and risk of colon cancer in women and men

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1298-1304

  Wu, Kana ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Chan, June M ^a   Fuchs, Charles S ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Rimm, Eric B ^a   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036847465     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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