Dietary intake of carotenoids and retinol and endometrial cancer risk in an Italian case-control study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1209-1215

  Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Dal Maso, Luigino ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Parpinel, Maria ^d   Negri, Eva ^a   Talamini, Renato ^b   Giudice, Aldo ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Case control study; Diet; Endometrial neoplasms; Epidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; RETINOID; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET SURVEYS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849121189     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9190-1     Document Type: Article

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