Allium vegetables intake and endometrial cancer risk

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1576-1579

  Galeone, Carlotta ^a,b   Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Dal Maso, Luigino ^c   Negri, Eva ^a   Montella, Maurizio ^d   Zucchetto, Antonella ^c   Talamini, Renato ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allium vegetables; Diet; Endometrial cancer; Garlic; Onion; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONIONS; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 69749110073     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003820     Document Type: Article

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