Genetic polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2, alcohol use and risk of colorectal adenomas: Self-Defense Forces Health Study

Cancer Science

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 513-518

  Hirose, Maho ^a   Kono, Suminori ^a   Tabata, Shinji ^a,b   Ogawa, Shinsaku ^b   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^a,c   Mineshita, Masamichi ^c   Hagiwara, Tomoko ^a   Yin, Guang ^a   Lee, Kyong Yeon ^a   Tsuji, Akiko ^a   Ikeda, Noriaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Fukuoka Hospital   (Japan)

^c Self Defense Forces Kumamoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE ISOENZYME 2; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOMA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 25844503167     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2005.00077.x     Document Type: Article

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