Intake of fruit, vegetables, and carotenoids in relation to risk of uterine leiomyomata

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1620-1631

  Wise, Lauren A ^a   Radin, Rose G ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Kumanyika, Shiriki K ^b   Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FIBER; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS MYOMA; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CAROTENOIDS; CITRUS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS;

EID: 82355190937     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.016600     Document Type: Article

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