European Journal of Cancer
Volume 36, Issue 16 , Pages 2115-2119 , October 2000

Selected micronutrients and colorectal cancer: a case–control study from the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland

  • F. Levi

      Affiliations

    • Unité d'Épidémiologie du Cancer, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, CHUV-Falaises 1, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +4121-3147311; fax: +4121-3230303
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  • C. Pasche

      Affiliations

    • Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, CHUV-Falaises 1, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • F. Lucchini

      Affiliations

    • Unité d'Épidémiologie du Cancer, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Bugnon 17, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • C. La Vecchia

      Affiliations

    • Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy
    • Istituto di Biometria e Statistica Medica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy

Received 22 February 2000 ,Revised 1 June 2000 ,Accepted 30 June 2000.

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European Journal of Cancer
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