A prospective cohort study on the relationship between onion and leek consumption, garlic supplement use and the risk of colorectal carcinoma in the Netherlands

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 477-484

  Dorant, Elisabeth ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CARCINOMA; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CARCINOMA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLIUM; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029866135     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.3.477     Document Type: Article

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