High-dose vitamin C supplement use is associated with self-reported histories of breast cancer and other illnesses in the UK Women's Cohort Study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-777

  Hutchinson, Jayne ^a   Burley, Victoria J ^a   Greenwood, Darren C ^a   Thomas, James D ^a   Cade, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health status; Lifestyle behaviours; Supplements; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956083581     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002739     Document Type: Article

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