Vitamin intake reduce the risk of gastric cancer: Meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized and observational studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Kong, Pengfei ^a,b   Cai, Qingqing ^a,b   Geng, Qirong ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Lan, Yadong ^c   Zhan, Youqing ^a,b   Xu, Dazhi ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84920133759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116060     Document Type: Article

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