Meat consumption and cancer risk

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1883-1886

  Genkinger, Jeanine M ^a   Koushik, Anita ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ESTRADIOL; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049029711     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040345     Document Type: Article

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