Dietary intake of selected flavonols, flavones, and flavonoid-rich foods and risk of cancer in middle-aged and older women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 905-912

  Wang, Lu ^a   Lee, I Min ^a,b   Zhang, Shumin M ^c   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^c   Buring, Julie E ^a,b   Sesso, Howard D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; FOLIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APPLE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BROCCOLI; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ONION; OVARY CANCER; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOYBEAN; TEA; VEGETABLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; VITAMIN E;

ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 61449216050     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26913     Document Type: Article

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