Serum folate, homocysteine and colorectal cancer risk in women: A nested case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1917-1922

  Kato, I ^a   Dnistrian, A M ^b   Schwartz, M ^b   Toniolo, P ^a   Koenig, K ^a   Shore, R E ^a   Akhmedkhanov, A ^a   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, A ^a   Riboli, E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cohort study women; Colorectal cancer; Folate; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032999331     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690305     Document Type: Article

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