The relationship between various micronutrients and colorectal cancer risk was investigated using data from a casecontrol study conducted between January 1992 and June 1996 in Italy. Cases were 1,953 incident, histologically confirmed colorectal cancers (1,225 of the colon and 728 of the rectum), ad
Dietary intake of selected micronutrients and breast-cancer risk
โ Scribed by Fabio Levi; Cristina Pasche; Franca Lucchini; Carlo La Vecchia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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