Attributable risks for colorectal cancer in northern Italy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Ferraroni, Monica ^a   Mezzetti, Maura ^c   Enard, Lucile ^a   Negri, Eva ^b   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   Decarli, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029881379     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960328)66:1<60::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Conference Paper

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