Dietary factors and the risk of endometrial cancer: A case-control study in Greece

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1284-1290

  Tzonou, A ^a,b   Lipworth, L ^b   Kalandidi, A ^a   Trichopoulou, A ^c   Gamatsi, I ^a   Hsieh, C C ^b   Notara, V ^a   Trichopoulos, D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Diet; Endometrial cancer; Nutrition; Olive oil; Retinol

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0029984071     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.246     Document Type: Article

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