Oral Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , January 2000

Tomatoes, tomato-rich foods, lycopene and cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract: a case-control in Uruguay

  • E De Stefani

      Affiliations

    • Registro Nacional de Cáncer, Avda. Brasil 3080 dep. 402 Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +598-2-4020810
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  • F Oreggia

      Affiliations

    • Academia Nacional de Medicina, Montevideo, Uruguay
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  • P Boffetta

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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  • H Deneo-Pellegrini

      Affiliations

    • Registro Nacional de Cáncer, Avda. Brasil 3080 dep. 402 Montevideo, Uruguay
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  • A Ronco

      Affiliations

    • Registro Nacional de Cáncer, Avda. Brasil 3080 dep. 402 Montevideo, Uruguay
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  • M Mendilaharsu

      Affiliations

    • Registro Nacional de Cáncer, Avda. Brasil 3080 dep. 402 Montevideo, Uruguay

Received 24 May 1999 ,Accepted 7 June 1999.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 1 , Pages 47-53 , January 2000