Uracil misincorporation into DNA and folic acid supplementation

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Hazra, Aditi ^a,b   Selhub, Jacob ^c   Chao, Wei Hsun ^c   Ueland, Per Magne ^d   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Baron, John A ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; URACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM MUCOSA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADENOMA; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOMA; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPIRIN; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PLACEBOS; RISK FACTORS; URACIL;

EID: 74049110495     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28527     Document Type: Article

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