Seaweed consumption and the risk of thyroid cancer in women: The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-260

  Michikawa, Takehiro ^a,b   Inoue, Manami ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a   Sawada, Norie ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Yamaji, Taiki ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cohort study; Japanese; papillary carcinoma; seaweed; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAWEED; THYROID CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAWEED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859422934     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32834a8042     Document Type: Article

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