Dietary benzo(a)pyrene and 1,2-benzanthracene levels in an endemic upper gastrointestinal (oesophageal and gastric) cancer region of Turkey

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-108

  Türkdoǧan, M Kürşad ^a   Daǧoǧlu, Gürdal ^a   Akman, Nevzat ^a   Alişarli, Mustafa ^a   Tuncer, Ilyas ^a   Uygan, Ismail ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

1,2 benzanthracene; Benzo(a)pyrene; Diet; Oesophageal and gastric cancers

Indexed keywords

BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; FUEL OIL; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAD; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FIRE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STOMACH CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0141862294     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13590840310001606788     Document Type: Article

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