Influence of observational study design on the interpretation of cancer risk reduction by carotenoids

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 527-545

  Musa Veloso, Kathy ^a   Card, Jeffrey W ^a   Wong, Andrea W ^a   Cooper, Dale A ^b  

^a Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carotenoids; Case control; Cohort; Observational

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PLACEBO; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH CANCER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; RECALL BIAS; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERUS CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIET; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70149095677     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2009.00225.x     Document Type: Review

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