Salivary nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds in patients with cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 351-356

  Airoldi, L ^a   Galli, A ^a   Mercato, F ^a   Vago, F ^a   Fanelli, R ^a   Negri, E ^a   La Vecchia, C ^a   Vierucci, S ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Aosta Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

N nitroso compounds; Nitrate; Nitrite; Upper aerodigestive tract cancers

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

EID: 0030840242     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199708000-00006     Document Type: Article

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