Exposure to N-nitroso compounds in a population of high liver cancer regions in Thailand: Volatile nitrosamine (VNA) levels in Thai food

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-305

  Mitacek, E J ^a,b   Brunnemann, K D ^c   Suttajit, M ^d   Martin, N ^d   Limsila, T ^e   Ohshima, H ^f   Caplan, L S ^a,g  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Exposure; Hepatocellular carcinoma; N nitrosamines; Thai food

Indexed keywords

1 NITROSOPIPERIDINE; AFLATOXIN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; N NITROSOPYRROLIDINE; NITROSAMINE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; RISK FACTOR; THAILAND; VEGETABLE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0032802632     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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