Diet and esophageal cancer risk in the eastern cape province of South Africa

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 791-799

  Sewram, Vikash ^a,b   Sitas, Freddy ^c   Oconnell, Dianne ^c   Myers, Jonny ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^c CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAN; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; LIFESTYLE; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SORGHUM; SOUTH AFRICA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETABLE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREALS; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903310520     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2014.916321     Document Type: Article

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