Macronutrient intake and risk of colorectal cancer in Italy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Francescht, Silvia ^a,i   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Russo, Antonio ^a   Favero, Adriano ^a   Negri, Eva ^b   Conti, Ettore ^d   Montella, Maurizio ^e   Filiberti, Rosa ^f   Dino, Amadori ^g   Decarli, Adriano ^c,h  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁱ Centro di Riterimento Oncologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031799247     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980504)76:3<321::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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