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Micronutrients and the risk of renal cell cancer: A case-control study from Italy

  1. Cristina Bosetti1,†,*,
  2. Lorenza Scotti1,
  3. Luigino Dal Maso2,
  4. Renato Talamini2,
  5. Maurizio Montella3,
  6. Eva Negri1,
  7. Valerio Ramazzotti4,
  8. Silvia Franceschi5,
  9. Carlo La Vecchia1,6

Article first published online: 27 NOV 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22374

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 120, Issue 4, pages 892–896, 15 February 2007

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Bosetti, C., Scotti, L., Maso, L. D., Talamini, R., Montella, M., Negri, E., Ramazzotti, V., Franceschi, S. and Vecchia, C. L. (2007), Micronutrients and the risk of renal cell cancer: A case-control study from Italy. Int. J. Cancer, 120: 892–896. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22374

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  1. 1

    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

  2. 2

    Unità di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano, Aviano (PN), Italy

  3. 3

    Servizio di Epidemiologia, Istituto Tumori “Fondazione Pascale”, Naples, Italy

  4. 4

    Servizio integrato di Epidemiologia e Sistemi Informativi, Istituto Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

  5. 5

    International Agency for Reasearch on Cancer, Lyon, France

  6. 6

    Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

  1. †

    Fax: +39-0233200231.

*Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 DEC 2006
  2. Article first published online: 27 NOV 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 AUG 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 JUN 2006

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  • Italian Association for Cancer Research
  • Italian League Against Cancer and Italian Ministry of Education

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