Educational level and risk of colorectal cancer in EPIC with specific reference to tumor location

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 622-630

  Leufkens, Anke M ^a,b   Van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J B ^a,b   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^b   Siersema, Peter D ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Mouw, Traci ^d   Tjønneland, Anne ^e   Olsen, Anja ^e   Overvad, Kim ^f   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^g,h   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^g,h   Morois, Sophie ^g,h   Krogh, Vittorio ⁱ   Tumino, Rosario ^j   Panico, Salvatore ^k   Polidoro, Silvia ^l   Palli, Domenico ^m   Kaaks, Rudolf ⁿ   Teucher, Birgit ⁿ   Pischon, Tobias ^o   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^p,ae   Orfanos, Philippos ^p,ae   Goufa, Ioulia ^p,ae   Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Skeie, Guri ^q   Braaten, Tonje ^q   Rodríguez, Laudina ^r   Lujan Barroso, Leila ^s   Sánchez Pérez, Maria José ^t,u   Navarro, Carmen ^u,v   Barricarte, Aurelio ^u,v   Zackrisson, Sophia ^w   Almquist, Martin ^x   Hallmans, Goran ^y   Palmqvist, Richard ^y   Tsilidis, Konstantinos K ^z   Khaw, Kay Tee ^aa   Wareham, Nick ^ab   Gallo, Valentina ^d,ac   Jenab, Mazda ^ad   Riboli, Elio ^d   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^m CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

ⁿ GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^o GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^r Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^s CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^t ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^u CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^v INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^w LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^x LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^y UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ab MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^ac LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^ad INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^ae HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

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Author keywords

colorectal cancer; educational level; tumor location

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 82255164068     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26030     Document Type: Article

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