Dietary nitrate and nitrite intake and risk of colorectal cancer in the Shanghai Women's Health Study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2917-2926

  Dellavalle, Curt T ^a   Xiao, Qian ^a   Yang, Gong ^c,d   Shu, Xiao Ou ^c,d   Aschebrook Kilfoy, Briseis ^e   Zheng, Wei ^c,d   Lan Li, Hong ^f   Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^f   Ward, Mary H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

colon cancer; diet; N nitroso compounds; nitrate; nitrite; rectum cancer; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COLON CANCER; DIET; N-NITROSO COMPOUNDS; NITRATE; NITRITE; RECTUM CANCER; VITAMIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHINA; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84898014926     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28612     Document Type: Article

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