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Dietary intake of folic acid and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of women

  1. Paul Terry1,†,*,
  2. Meera Jain2,3,
  3. Anthony B. Miller2,4,
  4. Geoffrey R. Howe5,
  5. Thomas E. Rohan1

Article first published online: 7 NOV 2001

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10138

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 97, Issue 6, pages 864–867, 20 February 2002

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Terry, P., Jain, M., Miller, A. B., Howe, G. R. and Rohan, T. E. (2002), Dietary intake of folic acid and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of women. Int. J. Cancer, 97: 864–867. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10138

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  1. 1

    Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  3. 3

    Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  4. 4

    Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany

  5. 5

    Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

  1. †

    Fax: +718-430-8653

*Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Rm. 1301-A, Belfer Building, Bronx, NY 10461, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 7 NOV 2001
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 SEP 2001
  4. Manuscript Revised: 29 AUG 2001
  5. Manuscript Received: 10 JUL 2001

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  • National Cancer Institute of Canada

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