Meat and meat-related compounds and risk of prostate cancer in a large prospective cohort study in the United States

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1165-1177

  Sinha, Rashmi ^a   Park, Yikyung ^b   Graubard, Barry I ^b   Leitzmann, Michael F ^b   Hollenbeck, Albert ^b   Schatzkin, Arthur ^b   Cross, Amanda J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amines; Benzo(a)pyrene; Heme; Meat; Nitrates; Nitrites; Polycyclic hydrocarbons, aromatic; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HEME; IRON; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITRATE; NITRITE;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; IRON; MEAT; NITRATE; NITRITE; PAH; PYRENE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; BENZO(A)PYRENE; COOKING; HEME; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72049085278     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp280     Document Type: Article

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