The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 760-767 , September 2006

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Risk of Cholecystectomy in Women

  • Chung-Jyi Tsai, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington
    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Chung-Jyi Tsai, MD, ScD, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536-0298.
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  • Michael F. Leitzmann, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Md
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  • Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
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  • Edward L. Giovannucci, MD, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass
    • Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.

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 Supported by Research Grants CA55075 and DK46200 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00340-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.02.040

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 9 , Pages 760-767 , September 2006

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