Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

نویسندگان

  • Jenny N. Poynter
  • Stephen B. Gruber
  • Ronit Almog
  • Joseph D. Bonner
  • Hedy S. Rennert
  • Joel K. Greenson
چکیده

From the Departments of Epidemiology (J.N.P., S.B.G.), Internal Medicine (S.B.G., P.D.R.H., J.D.B.), Human Genetics (S.B.G.), and Pathology (J.K.G.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology and Clalit Health Services National Cancer Control Center — both in Haifa, Israel (R.A., H.S.R., M.L., G.R.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Gruber at the Division of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, University of Michigan, 4301 MSRB III, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0638, or at [email protected].

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تاریخ انتشار 2005