Commentary: Vitamin D and colorectal cancer - Twenty-five years later

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-224

  Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NOTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIFEDIOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33645825205     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi231     Document Type: Note

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