A multicenter case-control study of diet and lung cancer among non-smokers

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-58

  Brennan, Paul ^a   Fortes, Cristina ^b   Butler, Joel ^a   Agudo, Antonio ^c   Benhamou, Simone ^d   Darby, Sarah ^e   Gerken, Michael ^f   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^g   Kreuzer, Michaela ^f   Mallone, Sandra ^h   Nyberg, Fredrik ⁱ   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^j   Ferro, Gilles ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c Inst of Epidemiol and Clin Res   (Spain)

^d National Institute of Health and Medical Research   (France)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^h Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Diet; Lung cancer; Non smokers

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; RETINOL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VEGETABLE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0033627599     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008909519435     Document Type: Article

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