Calcium, vitamin D, and risk reduction of colorectal cancer

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Newmark, Harold L ^a   Heaney, Robert P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

BREAD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CEREAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FLOUR; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASTA; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 33846644017     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5601_1     Document Type: Note

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