Coffee and tea intake and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: A study of 3,530 cases and 7,057 controls

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Tavani, Alessandra ^a   Pregnolato, Alberto ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Negri, Eva ^a   Talamini, Renato ^c   Franceschi, Silvia ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RISK; COFFEE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COFFEE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 0030819454     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971009)73:2<193::AID-IJC5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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