Mediterranean diet and upper aerodigestive tract cancer: The Greek segment of the Alcohol-Related Cancers and Genetic Susceptibility in Europe study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1369-1374

  Samoli, Evangelia ^a   Lagiou, Areti ^b   Nikolopoulos, Elias ^c   Lagogiannis, Georgios ^d   Barbouni, Anastasia ^e   Lefantzis, Dimitrios ^c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^f,g   Brennan, Paul ^h   Lagiou, Pagona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Agios Savas Anticancer Hospital   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cancers; Mediterranean diet; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING HABIT; TOBACCO; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 78149489627     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510002205     Document Type: Article

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