Fish consumption and cancer risk

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-90

  Fernandez, Esteve ^a   Chatenoud, Liliane ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Negri, Eva ^b   Franceschi, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Case control study; Diet; Fish consumption; Humans; Italy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; COVARIANCE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032845749     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.1.85     Document Type: Article

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