Vegetables, fruits, and related nutrients and risk of breast cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Ronco, Alvaro ^a   De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^a   Mendilaharsu, Maria ^a   Leborgne, Félix ^c  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; LYCOPENE; PHYTOSTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; URUGUAY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0033500354     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC352_3     Document Type: Article

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