Dietary fiber and the risk of colorectal cancer and adenoma in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-176

  Fuchs, Charles S ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Hunter, David J ^a,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Rosner, Bernard ^a,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADENOMA; ADULT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033590525     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199901213400301     Document Type: Article

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