Meat, fish, and esophageal cancer risk: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 257-267

  Salehi, Maryam ^a,b   Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^c,d   Salehi, Mohhamad Hossein ^e   Nojomi, Marziyeh ^c   Kolahdooz, Fariba ^f  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet; Esophageal cancer; Meat intake

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEAT; META ANALYSIS; POULTRY; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MEAT; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84876424186     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12028     Document Type: Article

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