Retinol, carotenoids and the risk of prostate cancer: A case-control study from Italy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 689-692

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a,g   Talamini, Renato ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   Conti, Ettore ^d   Franceschi, Silvia ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Serv Integrato Epidemiologia S   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Case control study; Nutrients; Prostate cancer; Risk factors; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 7044253351     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20486     Document Type: Article

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