Allergy and other selected diseases and risk of colorectal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1838-1841

  Negri, E ^a,b   Bosetti, C ^b   La Vecchia, C ^c   Levi, F ^d   Tomei, F ^e   Franceschi, S ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Case control study; Colorectal cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032757428     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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