Diet and cancer - The European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 206-215

  Bingham, Sheila ^a   Riboli, Elio ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RISK; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 1542725074     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1298     Document Type: Review

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