Pizza consumption and the risk of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-76

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Talamini, Renato ^b   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   Giacosa, Attilio ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Mediterranean diet; Ovarian cancer; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; ITALY; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 30044436956     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000186632.04625.f6     Document Type: Article

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