Measurement of urine pH for epidemiological studies on bladder cancer

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-98

  Alguacil, Juan ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a   Moore, Lee E ^a   Del Fresno, Manuel Rivas ^c   Medina Lopez, Rafael ^d   Kogevinas, Manolis ^e   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,f   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   García Closas, Montserrat ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromatic amines; Bladder cancer; Hydrogen ion concentration; Kidney stones; Methods; Urine pH

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ACIDURIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; URINALYSIS; URINE PH;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, AROMATIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINE;

EID: 33947414817     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9101-2     Document Type: Article

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