Antioxidants, Carotenoids, and Risk of Rectal Cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-41

  Murtaugh, Maureen A ^a   Ma, Khe Ni ^a   Benson, Joan ^a   Curtin, Karen ^a   Caan, Bette ^b   Slattery, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Diet; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; ESTROGEN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LYCOPENE; MULTIVITAMIN; SELENIUM; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

CANCER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECTUM CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOPREVENTION; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UTAH; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0345737126     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh013     Document Type: Article

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