Supplementary iron intake and risk of cancer: Reversed causality?

Cancer Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 215-216

  Ullen H ^a   Augustsson, K ^a   Gustavsson, C ^a   Steineck, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Dietary; Iron; Supplementary

Indexed keywords

IRON;

CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030932254     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)04666-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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