Interaction of nitrate and folate on the risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 685-694

  Inoue Choi, Maki ^a   Ward, Mary H ^b   Cerhan, James R ^c   Weyer, Peter J ^d   Anderson, Kristin E ^a,e   Robien, Kim ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; FLAVONOID; FOLIC ACID; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RED MEAT; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863662322     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2012.687427     Document Type: Article

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