The relationships between dietary fat intake and risk of colorectal cancer: Evidence from the combined analysis of 13 case-control studies

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-228

  Howe, Geoffrey R ^a   Aronson, Kristan J ^b   Benito, Enrique ^c   Castelleto, Roberto ^d   Cornée, Jacqueline ^e   Duffy, Stephen ^f   Gallagher, Richard P ^g   Iscovich, José M ^h,i   Deng ao, Jiao ^j   Kaaks, Rudolf ^k   Kune, Gabriel A ^l   Kune, Susan ^l   Lee, Hin P ^m   Lee, Marion ⁿ   Miller, Anthony B ^o   Peters, Ruth K ^p   Potter, John D ^q   Riboli, Elio ^k   Slattery, Martha L ^r   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^s   Tuyns, Albert ^k   Tzonou, Anastasia ^t   Watson, Lyndsey F ^l   Whittemore, Alice S ^u   Wu Williams, Anna H ^p   Shu, Zheng ^j   more..

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Unitat d'Epidemiologia i Registre C   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^g British Columbia Cancer Control Agy   (Canada)

^h Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^j Chejiang Medical University   (China)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^m NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^u STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

case control studies; colorectal neoplasms; dietary fat; energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030612022     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018476414781     Document Type: Article

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