Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-568

  Hutchinson, J ^a   Lentjes, M A H ^b   Greenwood, D C ^a   Burley, V J ^a   Cade, J E ^a   Cleghorn, C L ^a   Threapleton, D E ^a   Key, T J ^c   Cairns, B J ^c   Keogh, R H ^d,e   Dahm, C C ^e,f   Brunner, E J ^g   Shipley, M J ^g   Kuh, D ^g   Mishra, G ^g   Stephen, A M ^h   Bhaniani, A ^b   Borgulya, G ^b   Khaw, K T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cohort studies; food diaries; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860617934     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.197     Document Type: Article

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