Fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 667-671

  Negri, Eva ^a   Franceschi, Silvia ^b   Parpinel, Maria ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031876783     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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