Dairy foods and nutrients in relation to risk of ovarian cancer and major histological subtypes

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1114-1124

  Merritt, Melissa A ^a,b   Cramer, Daniel W ^a   Vitonis, Allison F ^a   Titus, Linda J ^c   Terry, Kathryn L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; dairy foods; lactose; ovarian cancer; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LACTOSE; VITAMIN D; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY FOOD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICE CREAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NUTRIENT; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LACTOSE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84872870358     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27701     Document Type: Article

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