History of allergy and reduced incidence of colorectal cancer, Iowa women's health study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2357-2362

  Prizment, Anna E ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a,c   Cerhan, James R ^d   Flood, Andrew ^a,c   Ross, Julie A ^b,c   Anderson, Kristin E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; SELF REPORT; SKIN ALLERGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INCIDENCE; IOWA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38849152760     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0468     Document Type: Article

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