Phytosterols and risk of lung cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

Lung Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-45

  Mendilaharsu, Maria ^a   De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^a,b   Carzoglio, Julio ^a,b   Ronco, Alvaro ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto Nacional de Oncologia Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Phytosterols; Plant sterols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; URUGUAY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; URUGUAY;

EID: 0032440174     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(98)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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