Diet and cancers of the larynx and hypopharynx: The IARC multi-center study in southwestern Europe

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 240-252

  Estève, Jacques ^a   Riboli, Elio ^a   Péquignot, Georges ^b   Terracini, Benedetto ^c   Merletti, Franco ^c   Crosignani, Paolo ^d   Ascunce, Nieves ^e   Zubiri, Lourdes ^f   Blanchet, François ^g   Raymond, Luc ^h   Repetto, Francesca ⁱ   Tuyns, Albert J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e Ctro Prevencion de Cancer de Mama   (Spain)

^f Cancer Registry of Zaragoza   (Spain)

^g François Baclesse Institute   (France)

^h GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Assessorato alla Sanita   (Italy)

Author keywords

butter; diet; Europe; fish; fruit; hypopharynx neoplasms; larynx neoplasms; oils; polyunsaturated fatty acids; saturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BUTTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; FISH; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOOD HABITS; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; ITALY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 9344235050     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051300     Document Type: Article

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