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On Evidence for Preventive Significance of Dietary Supplementation

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Chapter 4 and Sections III and IV of the present chapter review the tumor inhibitory and/or carcinogenesis chemopreventive effects in experimental animals of certain vitamins and minerals, in particular vitamin A-like compounds (retinoids and carotenoids), vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin D3 (as 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol), selenium, calcium, and copper.

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  1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 20460, USA

    Joseph C. Arcos, Mary F. Argus & Yin-tak Woo

  2. Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Joseph C. Arcos & Mary F. Argus

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Arcos, J.C., Argus, M.F., Woo, Yt. (1995). On Evidence for Preventive Significance of Dietary Supplementation. In: Arcos, J.C., Argus, M.F., Woo, Yt. (eds) Chemical Induction of Cancer. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4076-1_19

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