Vegetarian dietary patterns and the risk of colorectal cancers

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 767-776

  Orlich, Michael J ^a,b   Singh, Pramil N ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a,b   Fan, Jing ^a   Sveen, Lars ^a   Bennett, Hannelore ^a   Knutsen, Synnove F ^a,b   Beeson, W Lawrence ^a   Jaceldo Siegl, Karen ^a,b   Butler, Terry L ^a   Herring, R Patti ^a   Fraser, Gary E ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LACTOOVOVEGETARIAN DIET; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIC ULCER; PESCOVEGETARIAN DIET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSED MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT; SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMOKING; VEGAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926322761     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.59     Document Type: Article

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