Association between Low Dietary Folate Intake and Suboptimal Cellular DNA Repair Capacity

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 963-969

  Wei, Qingyi ^a   Shen, Hongbing ^a   Wang, Li E ^a   Duphorne, Cherie M ^a   Pillow, Patricia C ^a   Guo, Zhaozheng ^a   Qiao, Yawei ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; HOST CELL REACTIVATION ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142212221     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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