Open AccessDiet Quality and Risk of Melanoma in an Italian Population
Author(s) -
Carlotta Malagoli,
Marcella Malavolti,
Claudia Agnoli,
Catherine M. Crespi,
Chiara Fiorentini,
Francesca Farnetani,
Caterina Longo,
Cinzia Ricci,
Giuseppe Albertini,
Anna Lanzoni,
Leonardo Squinello Nogueira Veneziano,
Annarosa Virgili,
Calogero Pagliarello,
Marcello Santini,
Píer Alessandro Fanti,
Emi Dika,
Sabina Sieri,
Vittorio Krogh,
Giovanni Pellacani,
Marco Vinceti
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.114.209320
Subject(s) - melanoma , quality (philosophy) , medicine , environmental health , cancer research , philosophy , epistemology
Some results from laboratory and epidemiologic studies suggest that diet may influence the risk of melanoma, but convincing evidence for a role of single nutrients or food items is lacking. Diet quality, which considers the combined effect of multiple food items, may be superior for examining this relation.
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