Folate intake and risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1677-1681

  Pelucchi, C ^a   Talamini, R ^b   Negri, E ^a   Levi, F ^c   Conti, E ^d   Franceschi, S ^e   La Vecchia, C ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SINTESI   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control study; Diet; Folate; Oral and pharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0344825219     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg448     Document Type: Article

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