Diet and risk of colon cancer in a large prospective study of older women: An analysis stratified on family history (Iowa, United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-367

  Sellers, Thomas A ^a,b,d   Bazyk, Amy E ^a   Bostick, Roberd M ^c   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a,b   Olson, Janet E ^a   Anderson, Kristin E ^a,b   Lazovich, Deann ^a,b   Folsom, Aaron R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Diet; Family history; United States; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBER; FRUIT; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031710885     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008886715597     Document Type: Article

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