Lack of effect of long-term supplementation with beta carotene on the incidence of malignant neoplasms and cardiovascular disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 1145-1149

  Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c,e   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c   Manson, Joann E ^a   Stampfer, Meir ^a,c   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c   Cook, Nancy R ^a,b   Belanger, Charlene ^a   Lamotte, Frances ^a   Gaziano, J Michael ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^a   Willett, Walter ^a,c   Peto, Richard ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK;

EID: 0345157579     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199605023341801     Document Type: Article

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