Dietary and tobacco risk factors for adult onset glioma in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  Lee, Marion ^a   Wrensch, Margaret ^a,b   Miike, Rei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Glioma; Tobacco; United States

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; NITRITE; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SMOKING; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031050843     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018470802969     Document Type: Article

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