Coffee, pancreatic cancer, and K-ras mutations: Updating the research agenda

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 656-659

  Porta, M ^a   Malats, N ^a   Alguacil, J ^a   Ruiz, L ^a   Jariod, M ^a   Carrato, A ^a   Rifa, J ^a   Guarner, L ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DRINKING; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; STRESS;

CAUSALITY; COFFEE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033887672     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.9.656     Document Type: Article

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