Multiplicities in the assessment of multiple vitamins: Is it too soon to tell men that vitamins prevent cancer?

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1916-1917

  Bach, Peter B ^a   Lewis, Roger J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MULTIVITAMIN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84868647286     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.53273     Document Type: Editorial

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