Esophageal Cancer: Vitamin and Lipotrope Deficiencies in an At-Risk South African Population

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 247-255

  Van Helden, Paul D ^a   Beyers, Albertus D ^a   Bester, André J ^a   Jaskiewicz, Kasimir ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DIET; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AVITAMINOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMAN; MALE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0023489809     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635588709513962     Document Type: Article

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