Risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma and nitrate and nitrite from drinking water and diet

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-382

  Ward, Mary H ^a   Cerhan, James R ^b,c   Colt, Joanne S ^a   Hartge, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; LOS ANGELES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; RISK; SEER PROGRAM; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748104547     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000219675.79395.9f     Document Type: Article

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