Sources of macro- and micronutrients in Italian women: Results from a food frequency questionnaire for cancer studies

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-287

  Favero, A ^a   Salvini, S ^b   Russo, A ^a   Parpinel, M ^a   Negri, E ^c   Decarli, A ^d,e   La Vecchia, C ^c,d   Giacosa, A ^f   Franceschi, S ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Foods; Macronutrients; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030882274     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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