Pancreatic cancer and exposure to dietary nitrate and nitrite in the NIH-AARP diet and health study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-315

  Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^a   Cross, Amanda J ^a   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael Z ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^b   Sinha, Rashmi ^a   Ward, Mary H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; nitrates; nitrites; nitroso compounds; pancreatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRITE;

AGE CLASS; CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MEAT; MENS HEALTH; NITRATE; NITRITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PANCREAS CANCER;

AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRATES; NITRITES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960785083     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr092     Document Type: Article

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