Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

2010442 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Paolo Boffetta · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Elisabeth Couto · Radboud University Nijmegen

Janine Wichmann · Heidelberg University

Pietro Ferrari · Radboud University Nijmegen

Dimitrios Trichopoulos · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita · Radboud University Nijmegen

Fränzel J.B. van Duijnhoven

Abstract

A very small inverse association between intake of total fruits and vegetables and cancer risk was observed in this study. Given the small magnitude of the observed associations, caution should be applied in their interpretation.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Nutrition and Health in Aging

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volume 102, Issue 8, pp. 529-537

DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq072

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