Dietary fat and fatty acids and risk of colorectal cancer in women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1011-1022

  Lin, Jennifer ^a   Zhang, Shumin M ^a,b   Cook, Nancy R ^a   Lee, I Min ^a,b   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Dietary fats; Fatty acids; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CANCER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8444227870     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh319     Document Type: Article

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