Foods, nutrients and prostate cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 591-597

  Deneo Pellegrini, H ^a   De Stefani, E ^b   Ronco, A ^b   Mendilaharsu, M ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Oncologia Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; URUGUAY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; EATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; URUGUAY;

EID: 0032906278     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690396     Document Type: Article

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