Low serum and red blood cell folate are moderately, but nonsignificantly associated with increased risk of invasive cervical cancer in U.S. women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2040-2048

  Weinstein, Stephanie J ^a   Ziegler, Regina G ^a   Frongillo Jr , Edward A ^b   Colman, Neville ^c   Sauberlich, Howerde E ^d   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Hamman, Richard F ^e   Levine, Robert S ^f   Mallin, Katherine ^g   Stolley, Paul D ^h   Bisogni, Carole A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Humans; Microbiologic folate assay; Radiobinding folate assay; Red blood cell folate; Serum folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0034940138     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/131.7.2040     Document Type: Article

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