Circulating carotenoids, mammographic density, and subsequent risk of breast cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9323-9329

  Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^c   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73649125017     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-1018     Document Type: Article

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