Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): An observational study

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Volumn 361, Issue 9368, 2003, Pages 1496-1501

  Bingham, Sheila A ^a   Day, Nicholas E ^b   Luben, Robert ^b   Ferrari, Pietro ^c   Slimani, Nadia ^c   Norat, Teresa ^c   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^d   Kesse, Emmanuelle ^d   Nieters, Alexandra ^e   Boeing, Heiner ^f   Tjønneland, Anne ^g   Overvad, Kim ^h,i   Martinez, Carmen ^j   Dorronsoro, Miren ^k   Gonzalez, Carlos A ^l   Key, Timothy J ^m   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^k   Naska, Androniki ^k   Vineis, Paolo ⁿ   Tumino, Rosario ^k   Krogh, Vittorio ^o   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^p   Peeters, Petra H M ^k   Berglund, Göran ^q   Hallmans, Göran ^r   Lund, Eiliv ^s   Skeie, Guri ^s   Kaaks, Rudolf ^c   Riboli, Elio ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^g DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^h AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^k Dept of Public Health of Guipuzkoa ^*

^l CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^m IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^o NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^q LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^r UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0038637789     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13174-1     Document Type: Article

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