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Prospective study of dietary acrylamide and risk of colorectal cancer among women

  1. Lorelei A. Mucci1,2,†,*,
  2. Hans-Olov Adami2,3,
  3. Alicja Wolk4

Article first published online: 7 JUL 2005

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21309

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 118, Issue 1, pages 169–173, 1 January 2006

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Mucci, L. A., Adami, H.-O. and Wolk, A. (2006), Prospective study of dietary acrylamide and risk of colorectal cancer among women. Int. J. Cancer, 118: 169–173. doi: 10.1002/ijc.21309

Author Information

  1. 1

    Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  4. 4

    National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  1. †

    Fax: +617-525-2008.

*Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 26 OCT 2005
  2. Article first published online: 7 JUL 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 8 APR 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 JAN 2005

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  • STINT grant supporting collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Harvard University

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