Measurement of spices and seasonings in India: Opportunities for cancer epidemiology and prevention

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1621-1629

  Ferrucci, Leah M ^a   Daniel, Carrie R ^a   Kapur, Kavita ^b   Chadha, Puneet ^c   Shetty, Hemali ^d   Graubard, Barry I ^a   George, Preethi S ^e   Osborne, Whitney ^a   Yurgalevitch, Susan ^f   Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^c   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^a   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^c   Gupta, Prakash C ^d   Mathew, Aleyamma ^e   Sinha, Rashmi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Steno Diabetes Control   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^d HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^e REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^f WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; Cooking oils; Diet; India; Spices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956083950     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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