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Flavonoids and ovarian cancer risk: A case–control study in Italy

  1. Marta Rossi1,†,*,
  2. Eva Negri1,
  3. Pagona Lagiou2,
  4. Renato Talamini3,
  5. Luigino Dal Maso3,
  6. Maurizio Montella4,
  7. Silvia Franceschi5,
  8. Carlo La Vecchia1,6

Article first published online: 19 MAY 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23549

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 123, Issue 4, pages 895–898, 15 August 2008

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Rossi, M., Negri, E., Lagiou, P., Talamini, R., Dal Maso, L., Montella, M., Franceschi, S. and La Vecchia, C. (2008), Flavonoids and ovarian cancer risk: A case–control study in Italy. Int. J. Cancer, 123: 895–898. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23549

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  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School, Goudi, Athens, Greece

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    Epidemiology and Biology Cluster, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon Cedex, France

  6. 6

    Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria “G. A. Maccacaro”, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

  1. †

    Fax: +39-023-320-0231.

*Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Generale, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 19 MAY 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 15 FEB 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 21 DEC 2007

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