Zinc and heme iron intakes and risk of colorectal cancer: A population-based prospective cohort study in Japan

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 864-873

  Hara, Azusa ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Shimazu, Taichi ^a   Sawada, Norie ^a   Yamaji, Taiki ^a   Takachi, Ribeka ^b   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; IRON INTAKE; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEME; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6; ZINC;

EID: 84866627934     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.041202     Document Type: Article

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