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Determining the health effects of carotenoids in humans is a challenging yet high priority area of research. Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in human populations. Epidemiologists who study carotenoids are thus interested in determining if carotenoid intake or carotenoid status is associated with risk of various disease endpoints. As carotenoids are known to have antioxidant functions in plants, and evidence suggests that oxidative stress could be involved in the aetiology of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, cataract and macular degeneration, much of the epidemiological research on carotenoids has emphasized links with risk of these and other chronic diseases, as summarized in Chapters 13–15.
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- Food Frequency Questionnaire
- Vegetable Intake
- Lung Cancer Risk
- Carotenoid Concentration
- European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer
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Mayne, S.T., Wright, M.E., Cartmel, B. (2009). Epidemiology and Intervention Trials. In: Britton, G., Pfander, H., Liaaen-Jensen, S. (eds) Carotenoids. Carotenoids, vol 5. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7501-0_10
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