Diet and cancer

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue SEPTEMBER, 2011, Pages

  Wicki, Andreas ^a,b   Hagmann, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer; Diet; Fat; Meat; Metabolism; Nutrition; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASBESTOS; BETA CAROTENE; FAT; MUTAGENIC AGENT; OXYGEN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

BREAST CANCER; CALORIE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COFFEE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RED MEAT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TEA; VEGETABLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAT INTAKE; MEAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIOXIDANTS; COFFEE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT; NEOPLASMS; TEA; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS;

EID: 80053904301     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13250     Document Type: Review

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