Multivitamin use, folate, and colon cancer in women in the nurses' health study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 517-524

  Giovannucci, Edward ^a   Stampfer, Meir J ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Hunter, David J ^a   Fuchs, Charles ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032190337     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-129-7-199810010-00002     Document Type: Article

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