Fruits and vegetables and prostate cancer: No association among 1,104 cases in a prospective study of 130,544 men in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Key, Timothy J ^a   Allen, Naomi ^a   Appleby, Paul ^a   Overvad, Kim ^b,c   Tjønneland, Anne ^d   Miller, Anthony ^e   Boeing, Heiner ^f   Karalis, Dimitrios ^g   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^g   Berrino, Franco ^h   Palli, Domenico ⁱ   Panico, Salvatore ^j   Tumino, Rosario ^k   Vineis, Paolo ^l   Bueno De Mesquita, H B ^m   Kiemeney, Lambertus ⁿ   Peeters, Petra H M ^o   Martinez, Carmen ^p   Dorronsoro, Miren ^q   González, Carlos A ^r   Chirlaque, M D ^s   Quiros, J Ramon ^t   Ardanaz, Eva ^u   Berglund, Göran ^v   Egevad, Lars ^w   Hallmans, Göran ^x   Stattin, Pär ^y   Bingham, Sheila ^z   Day, Nicholas ^aa   Gann, Peter ^ab   Kaaks, Rudolf ^ac   Ferrari, Pietro ^ac   Riboli, Elio ^ac   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ Scientific Institute of Tuscany   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^k CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

ⁿ RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^p ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^q Direccion de Salud de Guipuzcoa   (Spain)

^r CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^s Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria Arrixaca   (Spain)

^t Servicios Sociales de Asturias ^*  (Spain)

^u INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^v LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^w KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^x UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^y UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^z MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ab NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

Cruciferous vegetables; Etiology; Fruits; Prostate cancer; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANCER RISK; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 10744230822     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11671     Document Type: Article

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