Colorectal cancer protective effects and the dietary micronutrients folate, methionine, vitamins B6, B12, C, E, selenium, and lycopene

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-21

  Kune, Gabriel ^a,c   Watson, Lyndsey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LYCOPENE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DNA METHYLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 33846561107     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5601_3     Document Type: Article

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