Concentration of folate in colorectal tissue biopsies predicts prevalence of adenomatous polyps

Gut

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Flood, Andrew ^a   Mason, Joel B ^b   Liu, Zhenhua ^b   Cash, Brooks D ^c,d   Schatzkin, Arthur ^e   Schoenfeld, Philip S ^f   Cross, Amanda J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM;

EID: 78651238605     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.208074     Document Type: Article

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