Red meat consumption is associated with an increased overall cancer risk: A prospective cohort study in Korea

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-247

  Wie, Gyung Ah ^a   Cho, Yeong Ah ^a   Kang, Hyun Hee ^a   Ryu, Kyoung A ^a   Yoo, Min Kyoung ^a   Kim, Young A ^b   Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Kim, Jeongseon ^a   Lee, Joo Hyuk ^a   Joung, Hyojee ^c  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Prospective cohort studies; Red meat; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SODIUM INTAKE; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; VEGETABLE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL CANCER; KOREA; KOREAN (PEOPLE); SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD, PRESERVED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

SODIUM;

EID: 84903151980     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000683     Document Type: Article

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