Nitrate intake and the risk of thyroid cancer and thyroid disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-395

  Ward, Mary H ^a   Kilfoy, Briseis A ^a   Weyer, Peter J ^b   Anderson, Kristin E ^c   Folsom, Aaron R ^c   Cerhan, James R ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77950959695     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181d6201d     Document Type: Article

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