Dietary exposure to nitrite and nitrosamines and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Taiwan

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-609

  Ward, Mary H ^a,h   Pan, Wen Harn ^b   Cheng, Yu Juen ^c   Li, Feng Hui ^b   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^c   Hsu, Mow Ming ^d   Chen, I How ^e   Levine, Paul H ^f   Yang, Czau Siung ^g   Hildesheim, Allan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRESERVATIVE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NITROSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOYBEAN; TAIWAN; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NITRITES; NITROSAMINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; WEANING;

EID: 0034016460     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000601)86:5<603::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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