Lowered risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and intake of plant vitamin, fresh fish, green tea and coffee: A case-control study in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Wan Lun ^a   Pan, Wen Harn ^b,c   Chien, Yin Chu ^d   Yu, Kelly J ^e   Cheng, Yu Juen ^f   Chen, Jen Yang ^c,g   Liu, Mei Ying ^h   Hsu, Mow Ming ^g   Lou, Pei Jen ^g   Chen, I How ⁱ   Yang, Czau Siung ^g   Hildesheim, Allan ^e   Chen, Chien Jen ^a,f  

^a GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

ⁱ CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TEA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COFFEE; DRINKING; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TEA; VITAMINS;

EID: 84864397886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041779     Document Type: Article

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