Dietary factors of one-carbon metabolism and prostate cancer risk

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 929-935

  Weinstein, Stephanie J ^a   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael ^a   Pietinen, Pirjo ^b   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Virtamo, Jarmo ^b   Albanes, Demetrius ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Folic acid; Methionine; Prostatic neoplasms; Vitamin B 12; Vitamin B 6

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; TRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FINLAND; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; ONE-CARBON GROUP TRANSFERASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 33750609882     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.4.929     Document Type: Article

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