Dietary folate, alcohol consumption, and risk of ovarian cancer in an Italian case-control study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2056-2058

  Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Mereghetti, Monia ^a   Talamini, Renato ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^d   Ramazzotti, Valerio ^e   Franceschi, Silvia ^f   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23844449326     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0192     Document Type: Article

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