Dietary Iron and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Review of Human Population Studies

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1012-1020

  Ashmore, Joseph H ^a   Rogers, Connie J ^b   Kelleher, Shannon L ^b   Lesko, Samuel M ^c,d   Hartman, Terryl J ^e  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northeast Regional Cancer Institute   (United States)

^d Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectum; heme; Iron; supplements

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PORPHYRINS;

COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTUM; HEME; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; REACTIVE OXIDATIVE SPECIES; SUPPLEMENTS;

IRON;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FORTIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; RISK FACTOR;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84964203013     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2012.749208     Document Type: Review

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