Dietary nitrate and nitrite and the risk of thyroid cancer in the NIH-AARP diet and health study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-172

  Kilfoy, Briseis A ^a,b   Zhang, Yawei ^b   Park, Yikyung ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^b   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert ^c   Ward, Mary H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; NIH AARP; nitrate; nitrite; thyroid

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955440764     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25650     Document Type: Article

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