Intake of vitamins A, C, and E from diet and supplements and breast cancer in postmenopausal women

TY - JOUR

T1 - Intake of vitamins A, C, and E from diet and supplements and breast cancer in postmenopausal women

AU - Nissen, Stine B

AU - Tjønneland, Anne

AU - Stripp, Connie

AU - Olsen, Anja

AU - Christensen, Jane Hvarregaard

AU - Overvad, Kim

AU - Dragsted, Lars O

AU - Thomsen, Birthe

PY - 2003

Y1 - 2003

N2 - The influence of the vitamins A, C, and E on breast cancer development has not been clarified. An effect of a vitamin per se implicates similar patterns for the effects of the vitamin from dietary and supplemental sources. We examined how the breast cancer incidence rate among postmenopausal women was related to intake of vitamins A, C, and E from diet and supplements.

AB - The influence of the vitamins A, C, and E on breast cancer development has not been clarified. An effect of a vitamin per se implicates similar patterns for the effects of the vitamin from dietary and supplemental sources. We examined how the breast cancer incidence rate among postmenopausal women was related to intake of vitamins A, C, and E from diet and supplements.

KW - Ascorbic Acid

KW - Breast Neoplasms

KW - Case-Control Studies

KW - Cohort Studies

KW - Denmark

KW - Diet

KW - Dietary Supplements

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Incidence

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Postmenopause

KW - Vitamin A

KW - Vitamin E

KW - Vitamins

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 14674733

SN - 0957-5243

VL - 14

SP - 695

EP - 704

JO - Cancer Causes & Control

JF - Cancer Causes & Control

IS - 8

ER -