Plasma vitamins B2, B6, and B12, and related genetic variants as predictors of colorectal cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2549-2561

  Eussen, Simone J P M ^a   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a,b   Hustad, Steinar ^a,b   Midttun, Øivind ^a,c   Meyer, Klaus ^a,c   Fredriksen, Åse ^a,c   Ueland, Per Magne ^a,c   Jenab, Mazda ^d   Slimani, Nadia ^d   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   Overvad, Kim ^e   Thorlacius Ussing, Ole ^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   Pala, Valeria 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   Skeie, Guri ^t   Muñoz, Xavier ^u   Martínez, Carmen ^v   Dorronsoro, Miren ^w   Ardanaz, Eva ^x,y   Navarro, Carmen ^z   Rodríguez, Laudina ^aa   VanGuelpen, Bethany ^ab   Palmqvist, Richard ^ab   Manjer, Jonas ^ac   Ericson, Ulrika ^ad   Bingham, Sheila ^ae   Khaw, Kay Tee ^ae   Norat, Teresa ^af   Riboli, Elio ^af   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BEVITAL AS   (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 ISPO   (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 BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^v ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^w Public Health Institute of Navarra ^*  (Spain)

^x INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^y CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^z DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^aa Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^ab UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ac LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ad LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^af IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; PYRIDOXAL; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED MEAT; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 77958044542     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-10-0407     Document Type: Article

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