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Alicja Wolk

Researcher at Karolinska Institutet

Publications -  829
Citations -  76043

Alicja Wolk is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 135, co-authored 778 publications receiving 66239 citations. Previous affiliations of Alicja Wolk include United States Department of Agriculture & Uppsala University Hospital.

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Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Xia Jiang, +392 more
- 25 Oct 2018 - 
TL;DR: This comprehensive analysis of cross-cancer heritability suggests that solid tumors arising across tissues share in part a common germline genetic basis.
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A high dietary calcium intake is needed for a positive effect on bone density in Swedish postmenopausal women.

Karl Michaëlsson, +5 more
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
TL;DR: Findings support the view that only a high calcium intake (3% highest percentiles in the studied population) protects against osteoporosis in Swedish postmenopausal women.
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Drinking hot beverages is not associated with risk of oesophageal cancers in a Western population

Paul Terry, +3 more
- 05 Jan 2001 - 
TL;DR: Drinking beverages very hot did not increase the risk for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma, oesphageal adenocarcinoma, or gastric cardia adenOCarcinomas in Sweden.
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Alcohol intake and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Emilie Friberg, +3 more
- 29 Jun 2010 - 
TL;DR: A meta-analysis indicates a possible J-shaped relationship between alcohol intake and endometrial cancer risk and finds evidence of an increased risk for endometrian cancer for intakes higher than two alcoholic drinks per day.
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Overall diet quality and risk of stroke: A prospective cohort study in women

Susanna C. Larsson, +2 more
- 01 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that a diet including a variety of healthy foods and few less healthy foods may reduce stroke risk, and the association between consumption of a diversity of recommended and non- recommended foods and risk of stroke is examined.