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Studies of Nutrients and Their Relationship to Cancer in the Multiethnic Population of Hawaii

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Essential Nutrients in Carcinogenesis

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Because of the many ethnic cultures in Hawaii, there is great dietary variation in the population, even within individual ethnic groups. Epidemiologic studies in this setting are providing useful information on the role of macro- and micronutrients in the risk for certain cancers. The results of several recent and ongoing case-control studies are described, especially with regard to the influence of dietary fat, vitamin A, and vitamin C. The degree of consistency of the findings with other reports in the literature is discussed.

Supported in part by contract NO1 CB 53884 and grant numbers 1 RO1 CA 20897, 1 RO1 CA 26515, 1 R26 CA 28943, and 1 R26 CA 25903 from the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services.

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  1. M. Ward Hinds

    Present address: Division for Epidemiology, Department for Health Services, 275 East Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40621, USA

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  1. Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, USA

    Laurence N. Kolonel, Jean H. Hankin, Abraham M. Y. Nomura & M. Ward Hinds

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  1. Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Frederick Cancer Research Facility, Frederick, Maryland, USA

    Lionel A. Poirier

  2. Department of Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Paul M. Newberne

  3. Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Kolonel, L.N., Hankin, J.H., Nomura, A.M.Y., Hinds, M.W. (1986). Studies of Nutrients and Their Relationship to Cancer in the Multiethnic Population of Hawaii. In: Poirier, L.A., Newberne, P.M., Pariza, M.W. (eds) Essential Nutrients in Carcinogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1835-4_5

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