Vitamin e intake, α-tocopherol status, and pancreatic cancer in a cohort of male smokers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 584-591

  Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael Z ^a,d   Sheffler Collins, Seth ^a,b   Weinstein, Stephanie ^a   Garabrant, David H ^b   Mannisto, Satu ^c   Taylor, Philip ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^c   Albanes, Demetrius ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOTRIENOL; CHOLESTEROL; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 59649123876     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26423     Document Type: Article

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