Fruit and vegetables and cancer risk: A review of southern European studies

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S102-S110

  Turati, Federica ^a   Rossi, Marta ^a   Pelucchi, Claudio ^a   Levi, Fabio ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Diet; Fruit; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PROANTHOCYANIDIN;

ALLIUM; APPLE; BRASSICACEAE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITRUS FRUIT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EATING HABIT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; GARLIC; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ONION; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMACH CANCER; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

ALLIUM; CITRUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ANIMALS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; RISK; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84937042507     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515000148     Document Type: Review

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