Serum bilirubin and 10-year mortality risk in a Belgian population

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 887-894

  Temme, Elisabeth H M ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Schouten, Evert G ^a,b   Kesteloot, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Cancer; Cardiovascular; Healthy subjects; Mortality; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FREE RADICAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035678766     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013794407325     Document Type: Article

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