A comprehensive meta-analysis on dietary flavonoid and lignan intake and cancer risk: Level of evidence and limitations

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Grosso, Giuseppe ^a,b   Godos, Justyna ^a   Lamuela Raventos, Rosa ^c,d   Ray, Sumantra ^b,e   Micek, Agnieszka ^f   Pajak, Andrzej ^f   Sciacca, Salvatore ^a   D'Orazio, Nicolantonio ^g   Del Rio, Daniele ^b,h   Galvano, Fabio ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dietary polyphenols; Flavonoids; Lignans; Meta analysis; Observational studies

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LIGNAN; POLYPHENOL;

BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LIGNANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYPHENOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85013057115     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201600930     Document Type: Article

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