Association of dietary vitamin A, carotenoids, and other antioxidants with the risk of ovarian cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Tung, Ko Hui ^a   Wilkens, Lynne R ^a   Wu, Anna H ^b   McDuffie, Katharine ^a   Hankin, Jean H ^a   Nomura, Abraham M Y ^a   Kolonel, Laurence N ^a   Goodman, Marc T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; VITAMIN A;

EID: 16844363187     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0550     Document Type: Article

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