Diet diversity and the risk of colorectal cancer in Northern Italy

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 433-436

  Fernandez, Esteve ^a,b,e,f   D'Avanzo, Barbara ^b   Negri, Eva ^b   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Institut Universitari de Salut Publica de Catalunya   (Spain)

^f Ctra Feixa Llarga s/n ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030000895     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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