Dietary melatonin and liver cancer incidence in Japan: From the Takayama study
Keiko Wada,
Atsuhiko Hattori,
Yusuke Maruyama
et al.
Abstract:There is some biological plausibility that exogenous melatonin plays a role in preventing liver carcinogenesis. There has been little research on the association between melatonin intake in a normal diet and health outcomes. We evaluated the association between dietary melatonin intake and the incidence of liver cancer in a population‐based prospective study in Japan. This study included 30,824 residents of Takayama city who were 35 years of age or older in 1992 and had participated in the Takayama study, Japa… Show more
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