Dietary factors and the risk of squamous cell esophageal cancer among black and white men in the United States

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-474

  Brown, Linda Morris ^a   Swanson, Christine A ^a   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Swanson, G Marie ^b,c   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Greenberg, Raymond S ^e,f   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Schoenberg, Janet B ^g   Pottern, Linda M ^a,h   Schwartz, Ann G ^b,d   Liff, Jonathan M ^e   Hoover, Robert ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g New Jersey State Department of Health   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diet; Esophageal neoplasms; Raw fruit; Raw vegetables

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0032445617     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008861806923     Document Type: Article

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