Quantity and variety of fruit and vegetable consumption and cancer risk

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-148

  Jansen, Margje C J F ^a,b   Bas Bueno De Mesquita, H ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^a   Streppel, Martinette T ^c   Kok, Frans J ^c   Kromhout, Daan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

EID: 3843137298     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc4802_3     Document Type: Article

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