Diet and risk of diverticular disease in Oxford cohort of European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): Prospective study of British vegetarians and non-vegetarians

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7817, 2011, Pages

  Crowe, Francesca L ^a   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Allen, Naomi E ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIVERTICULOSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETARIAN DIET; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS; DIET; ENTEROPATHY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857425592     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4131     Document Type: Article

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