Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 40-46 , February 2010

Micronutrient intake and risk of colon and rectal cancer in a Danish cohort

  • Nina Roswall

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute of Epidemiology, The Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark. Tel.: +45 35 25 77 14.
    • ,
  • Anja Olsen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Jane Christensen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Lars O. Dragsted

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Kim Overvad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Anne Tjønneland

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.012

Cancer Epidemiology
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