Insulin and IGF-I as determinants of low 'Western' cancer rates in the rural third world [3]

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 908-910

  McCarty, Mark F ^a  

^a NutriGuard Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 4644250349     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh265     Document Type: Letter

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