Dietary salt, nitrate and stomach cancer mortality in 24 countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 494-504

  Joossens, J V ^a   Hill, M J ^b   Elliott, P ^c   Stamler, R ^d   Stamler, J ^d   Lesaffre, E ^a   Dyer, A ^d   Nichols, R ^c   Kesteloot, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

24 hour urine nitrate; 24 hour urine sodium; Atrophic gastritis; Fruits and vegetables; Helicobacter pylori; Stomach cancer mortality

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; STOMACH CANCER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029901047     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.494     Document Type: Article

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