Serum retinol and risk of prostate cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 813-821

  Mondul, Alison M ^a   Watters, Joanne L ^a   Männistö, Satu ^b   Weinstein, Stephanie J ^a   Snyder, Kirk ^c   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort studies; prospective studies; prostatic neoplasms; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

BASELINE SURVEY; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MENS HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOLLOW UP; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN A;

EID: 79953865796     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq429     Document Type: Article

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