Dietary calcium and magnesium intake in relation to cancer incidence and mortality in a German prospective cohort (EPIC-Heidelberg)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1375-1382

  Li, Kuanrong ^a   Kaaks, Rudolf ^a   Linseisen, Jakob ^a,b   Rohrmann, Sabine ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calciumagnesium; Cancer; Diet; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAGNESIUM INTAKE; MALE; MINERAL INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82955163111     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9810-z     Document Type: Article

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