Meat consumption and cancer risk: A critical review of published meta-analyses

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Mattiuzzi, Camilla ^b   Cervellin, Gianfranco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Trento General Hospital   (Italy)

^c ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Meat; Neoplasm; Processed meat; Red meat; Risk

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEAT; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POULTRY; PROSTATE CANCER; RED MEAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; ANIMAL; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

ANIMALS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEAT; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; POULTRY; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952637071     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2015.11.008     Document Type: Review

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