Associations between red meat and risks for colon and rectal cancer depend on the type of red meat consumed

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 464-472

  Egeberg, Rikke ^a   Olsen, Anja ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Halkjær, Jytte ^a   Jakobsen, Marianne Uhre ^b   Overvad, Kim ^b,c   Tjønneland, Anne ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POULTRY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875761689     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.168799     Document Type: Article

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