Heme iron, zinc and upper digestive tract cancer: The Iowa Women's Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-647

  Lee, Duk Hee ^a,b   Anderson, Kristin E ^b   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Jacobs Jr , David R ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Heme iron; Oxidative stress; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HEME; IRON; MULTIVITAMIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; IOWA; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZINC;

EID: 27144489583     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21215     Document Type: Article

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