Dietary zinc intake and brain cancer in adults: A case-control study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 667-673

  Dimitropoulou, P ^a   Nayee, S ^a   Liu, J F ^a   Demetriou, L ^a   van Tongeren, M ^b,c   Hepworth, S J ^d   Muir, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain tumours; British adults; Gliomas; Meningiomas; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN PROTECTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; DIET; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949128400     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507831692     Document Type: Article

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