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Environmental factors and cancer incidence and mortality in different countries, with special reference to dietary practices
Author(s) -
Armstrong Bruce,
Doll Richard
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910150411
Subject(s) - cancer , incidence (geometry) , colorectal cancer , dietary fat , medicine , mortality rate , environmental health , breast cancer , cancer incidence , consumption (sociology) , oncology , demography , physics , sociology , optics , social science
Incidence rates for 27 cancers in 23 countries and mortality rates for 14 cancers in 32 countries have been correlated with a wide range of dietary and other variables. Dietary variables were strongly correlated with several types of cancer, particularly meat consumption with cancer of the colon and fat consumption with cancers of the breast and corpus uteri. The data suggest a possible role for dietary factors in modifying the development of cancer at a number of other sites. The usefulness and limitations of the method are discussed.