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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2005 97(23):1788-1789; doi:10.1093/jnci/dji409
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© 2005 Oxford University Press

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RESPONSE: Re: Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Teresa Norat, Sheila Bingham, Elio Riboli

Affiliations of authors: Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (TN); Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Cambridge, UK (SB); Nutrition and Hormones Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France (ER)

Correspondence to: Elio Riboli, MD, MPH, ScM, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France (e-mail: riboli@iarc.fr).

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Batty suggests that our findings of a positive association between high intake of red and processed meat and colorectal cancer risk might be the result of confounding by socioeconomic position. In our study population, meat intake is inversely associated with educational attainment (1), an indicator of socioeconomic position. The relative risks of colorectal cancer associated to secondary school, professional school, and university compared with primary . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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