Bowel movement and constipation frequencies and the risk of colorectal cancer among men in the netherlands cohort study on diet and cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1404-1414

  Simons, Colinda C J M ^a   Schouten, Leo J ^a   Weijenberg, Matty P ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^a   Brandt, Piet A Van Den ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Colonic neoplasms; Constipation; Defecation; Rectal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; EXCRETION; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUMOR;

CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; DEFECATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NETHERLANDS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONSTIPATION; DEFECATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952116431     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq307     Document Type: Review

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