Circulating carotenoids and risk of breast cancer: Pooled analysis of eight prospective studies

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 1905-1916

  Eliassen, A Heather ^a   Hendrickson, Sara J ^a,b   Brinton, Louise A ^c,d   Buring, Julie E ^a   Campos, Hannia ^b   Dai, Qi ^e   Dorgan, Joanne F ^f   Franke, Adrian A ^g   Gao, Yu Tang ^h   Goodman, Marc T ^g   Hallmans, Göran ⁱ   Helzlsouer, Kathy J ^j,k   Hoffman Bolton, Judy ^j   Hultén, Kerstin ⁱ   Sesso, Howard D ^a   Sowell, Anne L ^l   Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,b   Toniolo, Paolo ^m   Wilkens, Lynne R ^g   Winkvist, Anna ⁿ   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^m   Zheng, Wei ^e   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b,o   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^m NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LYCOPENE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84871831606     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs461     Document Type: Article

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