The potential of nuts in the prevention of cancer

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  González, Carlos A ^a   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^b  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Disease; Epidemiology; Nuts; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; NUT; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NUTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 37149019729     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BJN20061868     Document Type: Review

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