Available carbohydrates, glycemic load, and pancreatic cancer: Is there a link?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1174-1182

  Meinhold, Cari L ^a   Dodd, Kevin W ^a   Jiao, Li ^a   Flood, Andrew ^b   Shikany, James M ^c   Genkinger, Jeanine M ^d   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary carbohydrates; Dietary fats; Glycemic index; Pancreatic neoplasms; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

BODY MASS; CANCER; CARBOHYDRATE; DIET; FAT; HEALTH RISK; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMOKING; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; EATING; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 77952934971     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq061     Document Type: Article

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