Mediterranean diet and cancer: Epidemiological evidence and mechanism of selected aspects

BMC Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Grosso, Giuseppe ^a   Buscemi, Silvio ^b   Galvano, Fabio ^a   Mistretta, Antonio ^a   Marventano, Stefano ^a   Vela, Vanessa La ^c   Drago, Filippo ^a   Gangi, Santi ^d   Basile, Francesco ^d   Biondi, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NEOPLASM; REVIEW;

DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84885343303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S14     Document Type: Article

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