Diet and cancer: Where are we and where are we going?

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-62

  Rennert, Gad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Dietary intervention studies; Gene diet interactions; Genetic susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BETA CAROTENE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; VITAMIN;

BIODIVERSITY; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FUTUROLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038665569     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2002237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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