Prospective Study of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Risk of Lung Cancer Among Men and Women
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstitutePublished 15 November 2000Open access
Diane Feskanich
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Higher fruit and vegetable intakes were associated with lower risks of lung cancer in women but not in men, and it is possible that the inverse association among the women remained confounded by unmeasured smoking characteristics, although fruits and vegetables were protective in both men and women who never smoked.
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Higher fruit and vegetable intakes were associated with lower risks of lung cancer in women but not in men. It is possible that the inverse association among the women remained confounded by unmeasured smoking characteristics, although fruits and vegetables were protective in both men and women who never smoked.
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