Plasma folate, related genetic variants, and colorectal cancer risk in EPIC

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1328-1340

  Eussen, Simone J P M ^a   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a,b   Igland, Jannicke ^c   Meyer, Klaus ^a   Fredriksen, Åse ^a   Ueland, Per Magne ^a   Jenab, Mazda ^d   Slimani, Nadia ^d   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   Overvad, Kim ^e   Tjønneland, Anne ^f   Olsen, Anja ^f   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ^g   Boutron Ruault, Marie Christine ^g   Morois, Sophie ^g   Weikert, Cornelia ^h   Pischon, Tobias ^h   Linseisen, Jakob ^i,j   Kaaks, Rudolf ⁱ   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^k,l   Zilis, Demosthenes ^k   Katsoulis, Michael ^k   Palli, Domenico ^m   Berrino, Franco ⁿ   Vineis, Paolo ^o,af   Tumino, Rosario ^p   Panico, Salvatore ^q   Peeters, Petra H M ^r,af   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^s   Van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J B ^s   Gram, Inger Torhild ^t   Skeie, Guri ^t   Lund, Eiliv ^t   González, Carlos A ^u   Martínez, Carmen ^v   Dorronsoro, Miren ^w   Ardanaz, Eva ^x   Navarro, Carmen ^y   Rodríguez, Laudina ^z   Van Guelpen, Bethany ^aa   Palmqvist, Richard ^aa   Manjer, Jonas ^ab   Ericson, Ulrika ^ac   Bingham, Sheila ^ad,ae   Khaw, Kay Tee ^ad,ae   Norat, Teresa ^af   Riboli, Elio ^af   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIFOB   (Norway)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

ⁱ GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^j INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^l HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^m Istituto per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica   (Italy)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^p CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^s NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^u CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^v ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^w Department of Public Health of Guipuzkoa ^*  (Spain)

^x INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^y DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^z Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^aa UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ab LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ac LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^af IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIBER; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952019974     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0841     Document Type: Article

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