Gastric cancer and allium vegetable intake: A critical review of the experimental and epidemiologic evidence

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 757-773

  Guercio, Valentina ^a   Galeone, Carlotta ^b   Turati, Federica ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALLIUM; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

ALLIUM; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903304441     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2014.904911     Document Type: Review

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