Calcium plus vitamin D3 supplementation and colorectal cancer in women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 752-754

  Forman, Michele R ^a   Levin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO;

CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 32644484705     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe068006     Document Type: Editorial

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