Calcium does not protect against colorectal neoplasia

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 590-597

  Bergsma Kadijk, Janneke A ^a   Van't Veer, Pieter ^a   Kampman, Ellen ^b   Burema, Jan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; colon; diet; meta analysis; neoplasms; rectum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029827515     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199611000-00005     Document Type: Article

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