Diet and risk of colorectal cancer in a cohort of Finnish men

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-396

  Pietinen, Pirjo ^a   Malila, Nea ^a   Virtanen, Mikko ^a   Hartman, Terryl J ^b   Tangrea, Joseph A ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^b   Virtamo, Jarmo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Colorectal cancer; Diet; Fat; Fiber; Meat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FINLAND; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

AGED; CALCIUM, DIETARY; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032827861     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008962219408     Document Type: Article

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