Dietary intakes of vitamins A, C, and E and risk of melanoma in two cohorts of women

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1381-1387

  Feskanich, D ^a,d   Willett, W C ^a,b   Hunter, D J ^a,b,c   Colditz, G A ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Carotenoid; Diet; Melanoma; Retinol; Tocopherol; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; ORANGE JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0037809201     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600882     Document Type: Article

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