Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, diet, and risk of colon cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-518

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Potter, John D ^b   Samowitz, Wade ^a   Schaffer, Donna ^c   Leppert, Mark ^a  

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

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0033014832     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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