A Prospective Study of Red and Processed Meat Intake in Relation to Cancer Risk

Amanda J Cross; Michael F Leitzmann; Mitchell H Gail; Albert R Hollenbeck; Arthur Schatzkin; Rashmi Sinha

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040325

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A Prospective Study of Red and Processed Meat Intake in Relation to Cancer Risk

Amanda J Cross ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: crossa@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Michael F Leitzmann,

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Mitchell H Gail,

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Albert R Hollenbeck,

Affiliation AARP, Washington DC, United States of America
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Arthur Schatzkin,

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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Rashmi Sinha

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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A Prospective Study of Red and Processed Meat Intake in Relation to Cancer Risk

Amanda J Cross,
Michael F Leitzmann,
Mitchell H Gail,
Albert R Hollenbeck,
Arthur Schatzkin,
Rashmi Sinha

Published: December 11, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040325

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Re: Non-responders

Posted by plosmedicine on 31 Mar 2009 at 00:18 GMT

Author: Amanda Cross
Position: Research Scientist
Institution: National Cancer Institute, Rockville USA
E-mail: crossa@mail.nih.gov
Submitted Date: January 09, 2008
Published Date: January 9, 2008
This comment was originally posted as a “Reader Response” on the publication date indicated above. All Reader Responses are now available as comments.

Unfortunately, we do not have any data on the non-responders in our study; they simply did not return the questionnaire.

Competing interests declared: I am the Corresponding Author of this paper

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