Intakes of dietary folate and other B vitamins are associated with risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma, Barrett's esophagus, and reflux esophagitis

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1966-1973

  Sharp, Linda ^a   Carsin, Anne Elie ^a,b   Cantwell, Marie M ^c   Anderson, Lesley A ^c   Murray, Liam J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84888412086     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.174664     Document Type: Article

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