Colorectal cancer risk and nitrate exposure through drinking water and diet

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 334-346

  Espejo Herrera, Nadia ^a,b,c   Gràcia Lavedan, Esther ^a,b,c   Boldo, Elena ^c,d,e   Aragonés, Nuria ^c,d,e   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^c,d,e   Pollán, Marina ^c,d,e   Molina, Antonio J ^f   Fernández, Tania ^f   Martín, Vicente ^c,f   La Vecchia, Carlo ^g   Bosetti, Cristina ^h   Tavani, Alessandra ^h   Polesel, Jerry ⁱ   Serraino, Diego ⁱ   Gómez Acebo, Inés ^c,j   Altzibar, Jone M ^c,k,l   Ardanaz, Eva ^c,m   Burgui, Rosana ^c,m   Pisa, Federica ⁿ   Fernández Tardón, Guillermo ^c,o   Tardón, Adonina ^c,o   Peiró, Rosana ^c,p   Navarro, Carmen ^c,q,r   Castaño Vinyals, Gemma ^a,b,c,s   Moreno, Victor ^c,t,u   Righi, Elena ^v   Aggazzotti, Gabriella ^v   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c,s   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c,s   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,s   Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,c,s   more..

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

ⁱ CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^k Basque Regional Health Department   (Spain)

^l BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^m INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

ⁿ Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^p Centre for Public Health Research   (Spain)

^q DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^s HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^t BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

case control studies; colorectal cancer; diet; drinking water; nitrate

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROSATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963529448     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30083     Document Type: Article

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