Dietary nitrate and nitrite levels in an endemic upper gastrointestinal (esophageal and gastric) cancer region of Turkey

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-53

  Türkdoǧan, M Kürşat ^a   Testereci, Haluk ^b   Akman, Nevzat ^a   Kahraman, Tahir ^d   Kara, Kazim ^c   Tuncer, Ilyas ^a   Uygan, Ismail ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Veterinary Faculty   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Agriculture   (Turkey)

^d Faculty of Agriculture ^*

Author keywords

Eastern Turkey; Esophageal and gastric cancer; Nitrate; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

COPPER SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; HYDRAZINE SULFATE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAD; CANCER RISK; CHEESE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COOKING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MANURE; STOMACH CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; WOOD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NITRITES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0037651200     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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