Diet and Cancer of the Esophagus

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 143-147

  Graham, Saxon ^b   Marshall, James ^b   Swanson, Mya ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; VITAMIN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETIOLOGY; FRUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCORBIC ACID; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; RISK; SMOKING; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0019841976     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635588109513674     Document Type: Article

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17. Research supported in part by Public Health Service Grants CA 11535 and CA 16056 from the National Cancer Institute
18. Nutrient indexes were obtained by summing the products of frequency of consumption and the vitamin contents (vitamins A or C), according to USDA Handbook No. 8, for cabbage, sauerkraut, cole slaw, brussels sprouts, kale, cauliflower, broccoli, red cabbage, kohlrabi, turnips, parsnips, rutabaga, carrots, cucumbers, pickles, beets, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, fresh fruit, beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish and milk. Frequency of vegetable and fruit consumption was obtained by summing the reported frequencies of monthly consumption for all of the vegetables or fruits listed above