The epidemiology of vitamin D and cancer incidence and mortality: A review (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-95

  Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

25 (OH) vitamin D; Calcium; Colorectal cancer; Prostate cancer; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; OXYGENASE; RETINOL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BODY MASS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CARCINOMA; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG RESEARCH; ENZYME REGULATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; METASTASIS INHIBITION; OBESITY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UTERUS CARCINOMA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 18844409137     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-1661-4     Document Type: Review

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