High dietary fiber consumption is not associated with gastrointestinal discomfort in a diet intervention trial

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 549-551

  Mceligot, Archana Jaiswal ^a   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^b   Rock, Cheryl L ^b   Newman, Vicky ^b   Hollenbach, Kathryn A ^b   Thomson, Cynthia A ^c   Pierce, John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEARTBURN; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLATULENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036546187     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90127-6     Document Type: Article

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