Association of low plasma cholesterol with mortality for cancer at various sites in men: 17-y follow-up of the prospective Basel study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 569-574

  Eichhoher, Monika ^a   Stähelin, Hannes B ^b   Gutzwiller, Felix ^b   Lüdin, Eric ^b   Bernasconi, Florence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer mortality; Cohort study; Colon cancer; Elderly; Low plasma cholesterol; Lung cancer; Men; Prostate cancer; Stomach cancer; Switzerland; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; CHOLESTEROL; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; SWITZERLAND; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 17644439064     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.2.569     Document Type: Article

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