No association between garlic intake and risk of colorectal cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 152-155

  Meng, Shasha ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Ma, Jing ^b   Fuchs, Charles S ^c   Cho, Eunyoung ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Colorectal cancer; Garlic intake; Garlic supplement; Incidence; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CLOVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GARLIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GARLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875806128     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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