Lactose absorption in patients with ovarian cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Meloni, Gian Franco ^a   Colombo, Carla ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Ruggiu, Giuseppina ^a   Mannazzu, Maria Chiara ^a   Ambrosini, Guido ^a   Cherchi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy products; Galactose; Lactose; Milk; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE ABSORPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; ITALY; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MILK; OVARY CANCER; PATHOGENESIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033565775     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009978     Document Type: Article

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