Risk factors for thyroid cancer: An epidemiological review focused on nutritional factors

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-86

  Dal Maso, Luigino ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Overweight; Risk factors; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE; SEX HORMONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COFFEE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GOITER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IONIZING RADIATION; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK REDUCTION; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID NODULE; VEGETABLE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 58249105246     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9219-5     Document Type: Article

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