Diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1007-1010

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Negri, Eva ^a   Decarli, Adriano ^b   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 RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031456308     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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