An ecological study of cancer mortality rates including indices for dietary iron and zinc

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3 B, 2008, Pages 1955-1963

  Grant, William B ^a  

^a Sunlight Nutrition and Health Research Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cancer; Diet; Iron; Legumes; Meat; Risk; Smoking; Supplements; Ultraviolet B; Urban; Vitamin D; Whole grains; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GRAIN; HISPANIC; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LARYNX CANCER; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VULVA CANCER;

DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; ZINC;

EID: 45949086988     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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