Prediagnostic plasma vitamin C levels and the subsequent risk of prostate cancer

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 686-690

  Berndt, Sonja I ^a   Carter, H Ballentine ^b   Landis, Patricia K ^b   Hallfrisch, Judith ^c   Rohrmann, Sabine ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^d   Platz, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BELTSVILLE HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cohort study; Plasma; Prostate cancer; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 19544374721     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.11.012     Document Type: Article

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