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Dietary fibre intake and risks of cancers of the colon and rectum in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).
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BACKGROUND: Earlier analyses within the EPIC study showed that dietary fibre intake was inversely associated with colorectal cancer risk, but results from some large cohort studies do not support this finding. We explored whether the association remained after longer follow-up with a near threefold increase in colorectal cancer cases, and if the association varied by gender and tumour location. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: After a mean follow-up of 11.0 years, 4,517 incident cases of color...
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- Published
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European Commission (DG-SANCO)
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International Agency for Research on Cancer
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Mutuelle Generale de l'Education Nationale
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Institut Gustave Roussy
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Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS one Journal website
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 6
- Article number:
- e39361
- Publication date:
- 2012-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
- Source identifiers:
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341433
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:341433
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- Local pid:
- pubs:341433
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Murphy et al
- Copyright date:
- 2012
- Notes:
- Copyright 2012 Murphy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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