Epidemiology of vitamin D and colorectal cancer: Casual or causal link?

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 349-354

  Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADENOMA; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CALCIFEDIOL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77954761397     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.03.085     Document Type: Review

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