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Dietary folate and colorectal cancer

  1. Carlo La Vecchia1,2,†,*,
  2. Eva Negri1,
  3. Claudio Pelucchi1,
  4. Silvia Franceschi3

Article first published online: 9 OCT 2002

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10720

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 102, Issue 5, pages 545–547, 10 December 2002

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La Vecchia, C., Negri, E., Pelucchi, C. and Franceschi, S. (2002), Dietary folate and colorectal cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 102: 545–547. doi: 10.1002/ijc.10720

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  1. 1

    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Milan, Italy

  2. 2

    Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi Milano, Milan, Italy

  3. 3

    International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

  1. †

    Fax: +39-02-33200231

*Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy

  1. †

    Fax: +39-02-33200231

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 NOV 2002
  2. Article first published online: 9 OCT 2002
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 26 AUG 2002
  4. Manuscript Revised: 8 AUG 2002
  5. Manuscript Received: 11 APR 2002

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  • Italian Association for Cancer Research
  • Italian League Against Cancer

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