Gastric cancer, gastritis and plasma vitamin C: Results from an international correlation and cross-sectional study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 684-689

  Webb, Penelope M ^a,d   Bates, Christopher J ^b   Palli, Dominico ^c   Forman, David ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PEPSINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ASCORBIC ACID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA ADDUCTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEPSINOGENS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031588397     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971127)73:5<684::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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