## BACKGROUND. Prostate cancer has one of the highest incidence rates of all cancers. Vitamin intake and tobacco use may have an impact on incidence and mortality, but epidemiologic evidence is scarce and inconsistent. METHODS. Plasma vitamins C, E, retinol, and carotene were measured in 1971-1973
Plasma Vitamin C and Cancer Death: The Prospective Basel Study
✍ Scribed by HANNES B. STÄHELIN; K. FREDERICK GEY; GEORG BRUBACHER
- Book ID
- 119859206
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 498
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-6564
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