Diet and premalignant lesions of the cervix: Evidence of a protective role for folate, riboflavin, thiamin, and vitamin B12

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 859-870

  Hernandez, Brenda Y ^a,c   McDuffie, Katharine ^a   Wilkens, Lynne R ^a   Kamemoto, Lori ^b   Goodman, Marc T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Dysplasia; Folate; Riboflavin; Squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL); Thiamin; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAN; BREAD; CARCINOGENESIS; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HAWAII; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PREVALENCE; RIBOFLAVIN; RISK FACTORS; THIAMINE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 0344628694     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CACO.0000003841.54413.98     Document Type: Article

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