Consumption of ultra-processed foods and cancer risk: Results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 360, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Fiolet, Thibault ^a   Srour, Bernard ^a   Sellem, Laury ^a   Kesse Guyot, Emmanuelle ^a   Allès, Benjamin ^a   Méjean, Caroline ^b   Deschasaux, Mélanie ^a   Fassier, Philippine ^a   Latino Martel, Paule ^a   Beslay, Marie ^a   Hercberg, Serge ^a,d   Lavalette, Céline ^a   Monteiro, Carlos A ^c   Julia, Chantal ^a,d   Touvier, Mathilde ^a  

^a Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team ^*  (France)

^b UMR MOISA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAST FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FRANCE; NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; DIET; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85042168372     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k322     Document Type: Article

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