Tomatoes, lycopene intake, and digestive tract and female hormone-related neoplasms

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 227, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 860-863

  Vecchia, Carlo La ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fruit; Human; Micronutrients; Neoplasms; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LYCOPENE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOMATO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036847539     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020222701004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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