Tissue antioxidants and postmenopausal breast cancer: The European community multicentre study on antioxidants, myocardial infarction, and cancer of the breast (EURAMIC)

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 441-447

  Van't Veer, Pieter ^a,h   Strain, J J ^b   Fernandez Crehuet, J ^c   Martin, B C ^d   Thamm, M ^e   Kardinaal, A F M ^a   Kohlmeier, L ^e   Huttunen, J K ^f   Martin Moreno, J M ^g   Kok, F J ^h  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Inst Sozialmedicin/Epidemiologie   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; SELENIUM; VITAMIN E;

EID: 19144363055     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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