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Flavonoid intake and ovarian cancer risk in a population-based case-control study

  1. Margaret A. Gates1,2,†,*,
  2. Allison F. Vitonis3,
  3. Shelley S. Tworoger1,2,
  4. Bernard Rosner1,4,
  5. Linda Titus-Ernstoff5,
  6. Susan E. Hankinson1,2,
  7. Daniel W. Cramer2,3

Article first published online: 11 NOV 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24151

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 124, Issue 8, pages 1918–1925, 15 April 2009

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Gates, M. A., Vitonis, A. F., Tworoger, S. S., Rosner, B., Titus-Ernstoff, L., Hankinson, S. E. and Cramer, D. W. (2009), Flavonoid intake and ovarian cancer risk in a population-based case-control study. Int. J. Cancer, 124: 1918–1925. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24151

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  1. 1

    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

  3. 3

    Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

  4. 4

    Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

  5. 5

    Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

  1. †

    Fax: +617-525-2008

*Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 FEB 2009
  2. Article first published online: 11 NOV 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 OCT 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 25 MAR 2008

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  • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: R01 CA054419, P50 CA105009, T32 CA009001, R25 CA098566

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