The mediating effect of Mediterranean diet on the relation between smoking and colorectal cancer: A case-control study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 742-746

  Kontou, Niki ^a,b   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^c   Soupos, Nick ^c   Polychronopoulos, Evangelos ^a   Xinopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Linos, Athena ^c   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84885003332     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks109     Document Type: Article

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