Risk factors for colorectal cancer in a prospective study among U.S. white men

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 549-553

  Hsing, Ann W ^a   Mclaughlin, Joseph K ^b   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Schuman, Leonard M ^c   Co Chien, Harvey T ^d   Gridley, Gloria ^a   Bjelke, Erik ^e   Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Blot, William J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031827141     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980812)77:4<549::AID-IJC13>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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