To examine whether fatty-food consumption modifies lungcancer risk, a case-control study involving 377 patients with lung cancer and 377 controls was conducted in Uruguay. The study was restricted to men. Dietary patterns were assessed in detail using a 64-item food-frequency questionnaire, which al
Plant foods and risk of laryngeal cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay
✍ Scribed by Eduardo De Stefani; Paolo Boffetta; Fernando Oreggia; Paul Brennan; Alvaro Ronco; Hugo Deneo-Pellegrini; María Mendilaharsu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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