The epidemiological enigma of gastric cancer rates in the US: Was grandmother's sausage the cause?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 181-182

  Paik, David C ^a,b   Saborio, David V ^a   Oropeza, Ruben ^a   Freeman, Harold P ^a  

^a NORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Meat curing; Nitrosamines; Sodium nitrite

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; POTASSIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD PRESERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035095566     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.181     Document Type: Article

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