Dietary beta-carotene, vitamin C, and risk of prostate cancer: Results from the Western Electric Study

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 472-477

  Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Dyer, Alan R ^a   Persky, Victoria ^b   Chavez, Noel ^b   Drum, Melinda ^b   Goldberg, Jack ^b   Liu, Kiang ^a   Morris, Douglas K ^a   Shekelle, Richard B ^c   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; beta carotene; cohort study; diet; Health Care Financing Administration; prostate cancer; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 9444273420     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199609000-00004     Document Type: Article

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