Intake of selected micronutrients and the risk of endometrial carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 917-923

  Negri, Eva ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   Levi, Fabio ^d   Parazzini, Fabio ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

endometrial neoplasms; human; trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0030042909     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960301)77:5<917::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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