Drinking water nitrate and the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 465-471

  Ward, Mary H ^a   Mark, Steven D ^a   Cantor, Kenneth P ^a   Weisenburger, Dennis D ^b   Correa Villaseñor, Adolfo ^c   Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; drinking water; nitrate; non Hodgkin's lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029840840     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199609000-00003     Document Type: Article

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