Dietary folate and folate vitamers and the risk of prostate cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2003-2011

  Verhage, Bas A J ^a   Cremers, Paul ^a,b   Schouten, Leo J ^a   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^c   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Folate; Folate vitamers; One carbon metabolism; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878866548     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0079-7     Document Type: Article

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