Folate intake and the risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer: A pooled analysis within the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 904-914

  Galeone, Carlotta ^a   Edefonti, Valeria ^b   Parpinel, Maria ^c   Leoncini, Emanuele ^d   Matsuo, Keitaro ^e   Talamini, Renato ^f   Olshan, Andrew F ^g   Zevallos, Jose P ^h   Winn, Deborah M ⁱ   Jayaprakash, Vijayvel ^j   Moysich, Kirsten ^j   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^k   Morgenstern, Hal ^l   Levi, Fabio ^m   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Kelsey, Karl ⁿ   McClean, Michael ^o   Schantz, Stimson ^p   Yu, Guo Pei ^q   Boffetta, Paolo ^r   Lee, Yuan Chin Amy ^s   Hashibe, Mia ^t   Vecchia, Carlo La ^b   Boccia, Stefania ^d,u,v   more..

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Health Institute   (Italy)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DENTAL BRANCH AT HOUSTON   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

ⁿ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^p NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^q PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^r MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^u IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^v CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiology; Folate intake; Oral cancer; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH CANCER; NORTH AMERICA; PHARYNX CANCER; TOBACCO CONSUMPTION; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 84918812149     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29044     Document Type: Article

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