Red and Processed Meat Intake Is Associated with Higher Gastric Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Observational Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Zhu, Hongcheng ^a   Yang, Xi ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Zhu, Chen ^b   Tao, Guangzhou ^b   Zhao, Lianjun ^c   Tang, Shaowen ^b   Shu, Zheng ^d   Cai, Jing ^e   Dai, Shengbin ^f   Qin, Qin ^a   Xu, Liping ^a   Cheng, Hongyan ^a   Sun, Xinchen ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e NANTONG TUMOR HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Taizhou People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACON; BEEF; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAM; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MEDLINE; PROCESSED MEAT; PUBLICATION; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER;

EATING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84881537111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070955     Document Type: Article

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