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Original Articles

Dietary Patterns and Colon Cancer Risk in Whites and African Americans in the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study

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Pages 179-193 | Received 25 Dec 2007, Accepted 10 Mar 2008, Published online: 21 Feb 2009

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