Mediterranean epidemiological evidence on tomatoes and the prevention of digestive-tract cancers

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-128

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; TOMATO; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CHEMOPREVENTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYTOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031781703     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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