Dietary fiber and risk of colorectal cancer in the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Wakai, Kenji ^a   Date, Chigusa ^d   Fukui, Mitsuru ^e   Tamakoshi, Koji ^b   Watanabe, Yoshiyuki ^f   Hayakawa, Norihiko ^g   Kojima, Masayo ^c   Kawado, Miyuki ^h   Suzuki, Koji ⁱ   Hashimoto, Shuji ^h   Tokudome, Shinkan ^c   Ozasa, Kotaro ^f   Suzuki, Sadao ^c   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^b   Ito, Yoshinori ^b   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM CANCER; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 34247532851     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0664     Document Type: Article

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