Folate and lung cancer risk

Lung Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-381

  Roswall, Nina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Folate; Folic acid; Lung neoplasms; Micronutrients; Prospective cohort study; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DENMARK; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 75749131364     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2009.12.006     Document Type: Letter

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