Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 512-518 , July 2009

Serum Lycopene and the Risk of Cancer: The Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor (KIHD) Study

  • Jouni Karppi, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jouni Karppi, Research Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, PO Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. Tel.: (358) 40-3552945. Fax: (358) 17-162936.
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  • Sudhir Kurl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Tarja Nurmi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Tiina H. Rissanen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Eero Pukkala, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Kristiina Nyyssönen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute of Public Health, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland

Received 20 October 2008 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00108-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.03.017

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 512-518 , July 2009

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