Dietary fatty acids and colorectal cancer: A case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-195

  Theodoratou, Evropi ^a   McNeill, Geraldine ^b   Cetnarskyj, Roseanne ^a,c   Farrington, Susan M ^a   Tenesa, Albert ^a   Barnetson, Rebecca ^a   Porteous, Mary ^c   Dunlop, Malcolm ^a   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Colorectal neoplasms; Fatty acids; Fatty acids, omega 3; Fatty acids, unsaturated; Logistic models; Scotland; Stearic acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID; EDIBLE OIL;

CANCER; DIET; ETIOLOGY; FATTY ACID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND;

EID: 34547562058     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm063     Document Type: Article

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