The protective role of dietary fiber in diverticular disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 427, Issue , 1997, Pages 291-308

  Aldoori, Walid H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVERTICULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HIGH FIBER DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030662538     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5967-2_29     Document Type: Article

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