Dietary carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-261

  Larsson, Susanna C ^a   Giovannucci, Edward ^b,c   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Cohort studies; Colorectal neoplasms; Diet; Glycemic index; Prospective studies; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

CANCER; CARBOHYDRATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ETIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GLYCEMIC LOAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846600880     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk012     Document Type: Article

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