Fibre-supplemented foods may damage your health

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9023, 1996, Pages 319-320

  Wasan, Harpreet S ^a   Goodlad, Robert A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LIFESTYLE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030567828     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)01401-8     Document Type: Note

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