Estimation of the potential for nitrosation and its inhibition in subjects from high- and low-risk areas for esophageal cancer in Southern China

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 891-895

  Lin, Kun ^a   Shen, Wenying ^a   Shen, Zhongying ^a   Cai, Shushen ^a   Wu, Yongning ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; In vivo nitrosation; Inhibition experiment; N nitrosamino acids

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; N NITROSOPROLINE; NITROSAMINE; NITROSAMINO ACID; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NITROSATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REDUCTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NITRATES; NITROSATION; PROLINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242425936     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11506     Document Type: Article

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