Protective effect of fruits and vegetables on stomach cancer in a cohort of Swedish twins

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Terry, Paul ^a,b   Nyrén, Olof ^a   Yuen, Jonathan ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031970705     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980330)76:1<35::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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