Diet and brain cancer in adults: A case-control study in northeast China

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-23

  Hu, Jinfu ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Negri, Eva ^b   Chatenoud, Liliane ^b   Bosetti, Cristina ^b   Jia, Xiuyan ^a   Liu, Ruizhang ^a   Huang, Guirong ^a   Bi, Danzhou ^a   Wang, Chaoxu ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE; TOBACCO; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033015137     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990331)81:1<20::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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