Diet quality and cancer outcomes in adults: A systematic review of epidemiological studies

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Potter, Jennifer ^a   Brown, Leanne ^a   Williams, Rebecca L ^a   Byles, Julie ^a   Collins, Clare E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diet quality index; Risk and mortality; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979019834     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071052     Document Type: Review

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