Folate intake and squamous-cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in Italian and Swiss men

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-525

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

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control study; Diet; Folate; Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; MULTIVITAMIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; SWITZERLAND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33644693929     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj107     Document Type: Article

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