Elevated plasma vitamin B12 levels as a marker for cancer: A population-based cohort study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 1799-1805

  Arendt, Johan Frederik Berg ^a   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Nexo, Ebba ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; TESTIS CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84890544359     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djt315     Document Type: Article

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