Dietary factors associated with a low risk of colon cancer in coloured West Coast fishermen

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-158

  Schloss, Ingrid ^a   Kidd, Mark S G ^a   Tichelaar, Hendrik Y ^c   Young, Gerry O ^a   O'Keefe, Stephen J D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Wynberg Hospital   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; ZINC;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SODIUM INTAKE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET SURVEYS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030906424     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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