Milk, dairy products and cancer risk (Italy)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 429-437

  Gallus, Silvano ^g   Bravi, Francesca ^g   Talamini, Renato ^a   Negri, Eva ^g   Montella, Maurizio ^b   Ramazzotti, Valerio ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   Giacosa, Attilio ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^f,g  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dairy products; Milk; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHEESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33645516022     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0423-2     Document Type: Article

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