Dietary intake of fiber and decreased risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: Evidence from the combined analysis of 13 case-control studies

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 84, Issue 24, 1992, Pages 1887-1896

  Howe, Geoffrey R ^b   Benito, Enrique ^c   Castelleto, Roberto ^d   Cornée, Jacqueline ^e   Estève, Jacques ^f   Gallagher, Richard P ^g   Iscovich, José M ^h   Deng ao, Jiao ⁱ   Kaaks, Rudolf ^f   Kune, Gabriel A ^j   Kune, Susan ^j   L'abbé, Kristan A ^a,b   Lee, Hin P ^k   Lee, Marion ^l   Miller, Anthony B ^a,b   Peters, Ruth K ^m   Potter, John D ⁿ   Riboli, Elio ^f   Slattery, Martha L ^o   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^p   Tuyns, Albert ^f   Tzonou, Anastasia ^q   Whittemore, Alice S ^r   Wu williams, Anna H ^m   Shu, Zheng ⁱ   more..

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Unitat d'Epidemiologia i Registre C   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

ⁱ Chejiang Medical University   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^k NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^p HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^r STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027096262     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/84.24.1887     Document Type: Article

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