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Risk of cancer in regular and low meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants
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Following a vegetarian diet has become increasingly popular and some evidence suggests that being vegetarian may be associated with a lower risk of cancer overall. However, for specific cancer sites, the evidence is limited. Our aim was to assess the associations of vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets with risks of all cancer, colorectal cancer, postmenopausal breast cancer, and prostate cancer and to explore the role of potential mediators between these ass... Expand abstract
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1186/s12916-022-02256-w
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- BioMed Central
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- BMC Medicine More from this journal
- Volume:
- 20
- Article number:
- 73
- Publication date:
- 2022-02-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-01-13
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1741-7015
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English
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1233128
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2022-01-20
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