Meat consumption and risk of esophageal and gastric cancer in a large prospective study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 432-442

  Cross, Amanda J ^a   Freedman, Neal D ^a   Ren, Jiansong ^b   Ward, Mary H ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^c   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Sinha, Rashmi ^a   Abnet, Christian C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 1 METHYL 6 PHENYLIMIDAZO[4,5 B]PYRIDINE; 2 AMINO 3,4,8 TRIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOXALINE; 2 AMINO 3,8 DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOXALINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; HEME; IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TREND STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; QUINOXALINES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952359390     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2010.415     Document Type: Article

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