Plasma and Dietary Carotenoids, and the Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-269

  Wu, Kana ^a   Erdman Jr , John W ^b   Schwartz, Steven J ^c   Platz, Elizabeth A ^e   Leitzmann, Michael ^a   Clinton, Steven K ^d   DeGroff, Valerie ^b   Willett, Walter C ^a,f   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; LYCOPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1242314303     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-03-0012     Document Type: Article

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