Are dietary factors involved in DNA methylation associated with colon cancer?

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-62

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Schaffer, Donna ^b   Edwards, Sandra L ^a   Ma, Khe Ni ^a   Potter, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030877415     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589709514553     Document Type: Article

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