Fruit, vegetables, and folate: Cultivating the evidence for cancer prevention

Gastroenterology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Lee, Jung Eun ^a   Chan, Andrew T ^b  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADENOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; NEOPLASM; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 79960030552     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.05.020     Document Type: Editorial

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