Sex differences in risk of lung cancer associated with methylene- tetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1477-1484

  Shi, Qiuling ^a   Zhang, Zhendong ^a   Li, Guojun ^a   Pillow, Patricia C ^a   Hernandez, Ladia M ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^a   Wei, Qingyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20444374740     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0905     Document Type: Article

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