Diet and cancer in Mediterranean countries: Carbohydrates and fats

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 9 SPEC. ISSUE 9A, 2009, Pages 1595-1600

  Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet; Dietary carbohydrate; Dietary fat; Epidemiological studies; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EDIBLE OIL; OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY FIBER; FOOD HABITS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PLANT OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75549090847     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990425     Document Type: Article

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