No preventive effect of dietary fiber against colon cancer in the Japanese population: A cross-sectional analysis

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-159

  Nakaji, Shigeyuki ^a   Shimoyama, Tadashi ^a   Wada, Seiko ^b   Sugawara, Kazuo ^a   Tokunaga, Shoji ^c   MacAuley, Domhnall ^d   Baxter, David ^d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akita Keijo Junior College   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FAT; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0042512274     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC4502_03     Document Type: Article

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