Role of different types of vegetables and fruit in the prevention of cancer the colon, rectum, and breast

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-341

  Franceschi, Silvia ^a   Parpinel, Maria ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Favero, Adriano ^a   Talamini, Renato ^a   Negri, Eva ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Fruit; Rectal cancer; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0031948391     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00020     Document Type: Article

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