The role of Mediterranean diet on the risk of pancreatic cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1360-1366

  Bosetti, C ^a   Turati, F ^a,b   Pont, A Dal ^c   Ferraroni, M ^c   Polesel, J ^d   Negri, E ^a   Serraino, D ^d   Talamini, R ^d   Vecchia, C La ^a,c   Zeegers, M P ^e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

case control; Mediterranean diet; pancreatic cancer; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDITERRANEAN ADEQUACY INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET SCORE; MEDITERRANEAN DIETARY PATTERN ADHERENCE INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883739611     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.345     Document Type: Article

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