The art of casting nets: Fishing for the prize of personalized cancer prevention

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Waters, David J ^a,c   Chiang, Emily C ^a   Bostwick, David G ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTWICK LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Gerald P Murphy Cancer Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

AGING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRIENT; PATIENT CARE;

AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMINS;

EID: 38749122833     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635580701806699     Document Type: Note

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