Intake and food sources of nitrites and N-nitrosodimethylamine in Spain

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-791

  Jakszyn, Paula ^a   Agudo, Antonio ^a   Berenguer, Antonio ^a   Ibáñez, Raquel ^a   Amiano, Pilar ^b   Pera, Guillem ^a   Ardanaz, Eva ^c   Barricarte, Aurelio ^c   Chirlaque, María Dolores ^d   Dorronsoro, Miren ^b   Larrañaga, Nerea ^b   Martinez, Carmen ^e   Navarro, Carmen ^d   Quirós, José R ^f   Sanchéz, María José ^e   Tormo, María José ^d   González, Carlos A ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Direccion de Salud de Guipuzcoa   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Salud de Navarra   (Spain)

^d Consejería de Sanidad Y Consumo ^*  (Spain)

^e ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^f Consejería de Sanidad Y Servicios Sociales de Asturias ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Dietary intake; N nitrosodimethylomine; Nitrites; Nitrosamines

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N METHYL N PENTYLNITROSAMINE; N-AMYL-N-METHYLNITROSAMINE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NITROSATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN INTAKE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHEESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPAIN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CHEESE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; NITROSAMINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 33846798063     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005884     Document Type: Article

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