Dietary nitrate: Ward et al. Respond [4]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Ward, Mary H ^a   de Kok, Theo M ^b   Levallois, Patrick ^c   Brender, Jean ^d   Gulis, Gabriel ^e   VanDerslice, James ^f   Nolan, Bernard T ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NITROSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SAFETY; URINARY EXCRETION; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 33746931541     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.114-a459     Document Type: Letter

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