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Partial Associations of Dietary Iron, Smoking and Intestinal Bacteria with Colorectal Cancer Risk
1 Feb 2013
Abstract excerpt
Smoking and high red meat intake have been associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Increased iron exposure may be a common factor, favoring the colonization of certain bacterial pathogens that preferentially grow in an iron-rich luminal environment. We analyzed the data from a population-based case-control study of CRC and measured antibody levels against flagelin of Salmonella (FliC), one of the...
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