Association between Vitamin C intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fan, Hua ^a   Kou, Jiantao ^a   Han, Dongdong ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Wu, Qiao ^a   He, Qiang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

DIET; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBLISHING; RISK;

ASCORBIC ACID; DIET; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK;

EID: 84941565373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13973     Document Type: Article

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