Dietary N-nitroso compounds and risk of colorectal cancer: A case-control study in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario, Canada

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1109-1117

  Zhu, Yun ^a,b   Wang, Peizhon Peter ^a,b   Zhao, Jing ^a   Green, Roger ^a   Sun, Zhuoyu ^a   Roebothan, Barbara ^a   Squires, Josh ^a   Buehler, Sharon ^a   Dicks, Elizabeth ^a   Zhao, Jinhui ^a   Cotterchio, Michelle ^c   Campbell, Peter T ^d   Jain, Meera ^e   Parfrey, Patrick S ^a   Mclaughlin, John R ^f  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Colorectal cancer; Effect modification; N nitroso compounds; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECTUM CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84899699633     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003462     Document Type: Article

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