Colorectal cancer and folate status: A nested case-control study among male smokers

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 487-494

  Glynn, Simone A ^a   Albanes, Demetrius ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^b   Brown, Charles C ^a   Rautalahti, Matti ^b   Tangrea, Joseph A ^a   Gunter, Elaine W ^c   Barrett, Michael J ^d   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Taylor, Philip R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15844400655     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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