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Colorectal cancer and consumption of beef and fat

British Journal of Cancer volume 32, pages 432–439 (1975)Cite this article

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Secular, socioeconomic and urban-rural gradients and geographical differences in beef and fat consumption within the United States of America are compared with corresponding data on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates. These results, together with the results of most previous epidemiological studies, appear to contradict the hypothesis that beef and fat consumption are involved in the aetiology of colorectal cancer.

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Enstrom, J. Colorectal cancer and consumption of beef and fat. Br J Cancer 32, 432–439 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1975.244

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