The relation between diet and lung cancer was studied among male residents of a mining community in Yunnan Province. After obtaining food frequency data from subjects or proxies, we compared diets of 428 cases, aged 35-74 years, and 1,Ol I age-matched controls. Cases tended to consume slightly more
Dietary factors and risk of lung cancer: Results from a case-control study, toronto, 1981–1985
✍ Scribed by M. Jain; J. D. Burch; G. R. Howe; H. A. Risch; A. B. Miller
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 804 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
H.A. RISCH' and A.B. MILLER'
Associations between dietary factors and risk of lung cancer are reported from a study of 839 cases and 772 populationbased controls interviewed in metropolitan Toronto between 1981 and 1985. Increased consumption of vegetables is asso-
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