Do dietary lycopene and other carotenoids protect against prostate cancer?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1010-1014

  Jian, Le ^a,b   Du, Chuan Jun ^b   Lee, Andy H ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Case control study; China; Lycopene; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAROTENOIDS; DIET; FAMILY; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PARITY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 11844299074     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20667     Document Type: Article

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