Diet and cancer of the prostate: A case-control study in Greece

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 704-708

  Tzonou, A ^a   Signorello, L B ^b   Lagiou, P ^a,c   Wuu, J ^d   Trichopoulos, D ^a,b,e   Trichopoulou, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TOMATO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032922715     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990301)80:5<704::AID-IJC13>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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