The effect of diet on risk of cancer

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9336, 2002, Pages 861-868

  Key, Timothy J ^a   Allen, Naomi E ^a   Spencer, Elizabeth A ^a   Travis, Ruth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; VITAMIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LIVER CARCINOMA; MEAT; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OBESITY; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037077867     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09958-0     Document Type: Review

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