Bowel Movement, State of Stool, and Subsequent Risk for Colorectal Cancer: The Japan Public Health Center-Based Prospective Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 888-894

  Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowel Movement Frequency; Colorectal Cancer; Prospective Study; State of Stool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD FECES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845209059     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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