Prospective study of dietary patterns and colorectal cancer among Singapore Chinese

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1511-1516

  Butler, L M ^a,d   Wang, R ^b   Koh, W P ^c   Yu, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Division of Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diet; Dietary patterns; Principal components analysis; Prospective cohort; Singapore Chinese

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 55249121831     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604678     Document Type: Article

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