Dietary vitamin D intake and cancers of the colon and rectum: A case-control study in Italy

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Lipworth, Loren ^a,b   Bender, Thomas John ^a,b   Rossi, Marta ^c   Bosetti, Cristina ^c   Negri, Eva ^c   Talamini, Renato ^d   Giacosa, Attilio ^e   Franceschi, Silvia ^f   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; STRATIFICATION; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149159372     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635580802348633     Document Type: Article

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