Rarity of colon cancer in Africans is associated with low animal product consumption, not fiber

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1373-1380

  O'Keefe, Stephen J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; KI 67 ANTIGEN; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREATH TESTS; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTUM; SOUTH AFRICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033135551     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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