Nutrition and esophageal cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Cheng, K K ^a   Day, N E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Esophageal cancer; Review

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BEVERAGES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FRUIT; HEAT; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; TEA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030027030     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00115636     Document Type: Review

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