Diet, faecal pH and colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 109-110

  van Dokkum, W ^a   de Boer, B C J ^a,b   van Faassen, A ^a,c   Pikaar, N A ^a   Hermus, R J J ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ETIOLOGY; FECES; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; PH;

ADULT; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0020960843     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1983.165     Document Type: Article

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