Relationship of folate, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and methionine intake to incidence of colorectal cancers

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-158

  Harnack, Lisa ^a   Jacobs, David R ^a   Nicodemus, Kristin ^a   Lazovich, DeAnn ^a   Anderson, Kristin ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0036969176     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC432_5     Document Type: Article

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