Antioxidant vitamins and risk of gastric cancer: A case-control study in Portugal

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Lunet, Nuno ^a,d   Valbuena, Carmen ^b   Carneiro, Fátima ^a,b   Lopes, Carlos ^c   Barros, Henrique ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETABLE;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33749165298     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5501_9     Document Type: Article

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