Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 1163-1167 , October 2008

Prospective Study of Dietary Fiber, Whole Grain Foods, and Small Intestinal Cancer

  • Arthur Schatzkin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Arthur Schatzkin, MD, DrPH, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20852; fax: 301-496-6829
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  • Yikyung Park

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Michael F. Leitzmann

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland
    • ,
  • Albert R. Hollenbeck

      Affiliations

    • AARP, Washington, DC
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  • Amanda J. Cross

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland

Received 12 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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 Supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01323-1

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.07.015

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 4 , Pages 1163-1167 , October 2008

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