Riboflavin deficiency and esophageal cancer: A case control-household study in the Caspian Littoral of Iran

Cancer Detection and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-469

  Siassi, Fereydoun ^a,b   Ghadirian, Parviz ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Case household control; Esophageal cancer; Glutathione reductase; High risk; Iran; Nutrition; Riboflavin intake; Tumor progression

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 26044433390     PISSN: 0361090X     EISSN: 15251500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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