Calcium supplements for the prevention of colorectal adenomas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-107

  Baron, J A ^a   Beach, M ^a,b   Mandel, J S ^c   Van Stolk, R U ^f   Haile, R W ^g   Sandler, R S ^h   Rothstein, R ^a   Summers, R W ⁱ   Snover, D C ^d,j   Beck, G J ^f   Bond, J H ^d,e   Greenberg, E R ^a   Frankl, H ^k   Pearson, L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^j FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM ADENOMA; RISK MANAGEMENT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033552894     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901143400204     Document Type: Article

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