Estimation of nitrate metabolism in intestinal tract by measuring breath nitrous oxide concentration in chinese and Japanese

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1002-1005

  Mitsui, Takahiro ^a,b   Kato, Natsuki ^a,b   Kondo, Takaharu ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chukyo Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breath nitrous oxide; Chinese; Denitrification; Japanese; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHINESE; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; DENITRIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREATH TESTS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; JAPAN; MALE; NITRATES; NITROUS OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0034056331     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005545713061     Document Type: Article

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