Association of chili pepper consumption, low socioeconomic status and longstanding gallstones with gallbladder cancer in a Chilean population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 407-411

  Serra, Iván ^a,b   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^c   Calvo, Alfonso ^b   Cavada, Gabriel ^a   Báez, Sergio ^b   Endoh, Kazuo ^c   Watanabe, Hidenobu ^c   Tajima, Kazuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chili pepper; Epidemiology; Gallbladder cancer; Gallstone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; CAPSICUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036888657     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10716     Document Type: Article

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