Intake of dietary fiber, especially from cereal foods, is associated with lower incidence of colon cancer in the HELGA cohort

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 469-478

  Hansen, Louise ^a   Skeie, Guri ^b   Landberg, Rikard ^c   Lund, Eiliv ^b   Palmqvist, Richard ^d   Johansson, Ingegerd ^d   Dragsted, Lars O ^e   Egeberg, Rikke ^a   Johnsen, Nina F ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Overvad, Kim ^f,g   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Olsen, Anja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cohort study; colon cancer; dietary fiber; rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CEREALS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84859619802     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26381     Document Type: Article

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