Multivitamin use and colorectal cancer incidence in a US cohort: Does timing matter?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 621-628

  Jacobs, Eric J ^a   Connell, Cari J ^b   Chao, Ann ^b   McCullough, Marjorie L ^b   Rodriguez, Carmen ^b   Thun, Michael J ^b   Calle, Eugenia E ^b  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Colonic neoplasms; Colorectal neoplasms; Folic acid; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RISK MANAGEMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS;

EID: 0141620187     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg190     Document Type: Article

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