Diet and cancer: the role of case-control studies.
The advantages and disadvantages of case-control studies of the role of nutrition in cancer etiology are examined. The results, the scientific conclusions and the policy implications of several such studies undertaken in Athens are discussed.
Trichopoulos
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Tzonou
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Katsouyanni
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Trichopoulou
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D015982:Bias; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004032:Diet; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*