Adolescent milk fat and galactose consumption and testicular germ cell cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2189-2195

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^c   Stegmaier, Christa ^d   Merzenich, Hiltrud ^b   De Vrese, Michael ^e   Schrezenmeir, Jürgen ^e   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; MILK FAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; SOCIAL STATUS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY FATS; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RISK; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845314771     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0372     Document Type: Article

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