Population-attributable risk for colon cancer in Italy

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-200

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,b   Braga, Claudia ^a   Franceschi, Silvia ^c   Dal Maso, Luigino ^c   Negri, Eva ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

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EID: 0033007593     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC330212     Document Type: Article

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