Alcohol and acetaldehyde in African fermented milk mursik - A possible etiologic factor for high incidence of esophageal cancer in Western Kenya

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-75

  Nieminen, Mikko T ^a,b,c,d   Novak Frazer, Lily ^d   Collins, Rebecca ^d   Dawsey, Sonja P ^e   Dawsey, Sanford M ^f   Abnet, Christian C ^f   White, Russell E ^e   Freedman, Neal D ^f   Mwachiro, Michael ^e   Bowyer, Paul ^d   Salaspuro, Mikko ^a   Rautemaa Richardson, Riina ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Tenwek Hospital   (Kenya)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY; FERMENTATION; FERMENTED MILK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS KEFIRI; MICROFLORA; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEAST;

ACETALDEHYDE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MILK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; YEASTS;

EID: 84872155646     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0908     Document Type: Article

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