Assessment of risk associated with specific fatty acids and colorectal cancer among French-Canadians in Montreal: A case-control study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-209

  Nkondjock, André ^a   Shatenstein, Bryna ^a,b   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^c   Ghadirian, Parviz ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Colorectal cancer; Data collection; Fatty acid; Food grouping; Food intake; French Canadian; Prevention; Statistical analysis; Study population

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CAROTENOID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0038526324     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg048     Document Type: Article

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