Red meat intake and cancer risk: A study in Italy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 425-428

  Tavani, Alessandra ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b,c   Gallus, Silvano ^a   Lagiou, Pagona ^d   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^c,d   Levi, Fabio ^e   Negri, Eva ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RISK;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 0034183718     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(20000501)86:3<425::aid-ijc19>3.0.co;2-s     Document Type: Article

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