Risk factors for lung cancer and for intervention effects in CARET, the beta-carotene and retinol efficacy trial

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1550-1559

  Omenn, Gilbert S ^a,b   Goodman, Gary E ^a   Thornquist, Mark D ^b   Balmes, John ^c   Cullen, Mark R ^d   Glass, Andrew ^e   Keogh, James P ^f   Meyskens Jr , Frank L ^g   Valanis, Barbara ^e   Williams Jr , James H ^g   Barnhart, Scott ^a   Cherniack, Martin G ^d   Brodkin, Carl Andrew ^a   Hammar, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASBESTOS; BETA CAROTENE; CARCINOGENS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0038692733     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.21.1550     Document Type: Article

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