A prospective analysis of meat mutagens and colorectal cancer in the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1529-1536

  Le, Ngoan Tran ^a,b   Silva Michels, Fernanda Alessandra ^b   Song, Mingyang ^b,c   Zhang, Xuehong ^d   Bernstein, Adam M ^e   Giovannucci, Edward L ^b,d   Fuchs, Charles S ^f   Ogino, Shuji ^b,d,f   Chan, Andrew T ^c,d   Sinha, Rashmi ^g   Willett, Walter C ^b,d   Wu, Kana ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Rally Health   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 1 METHYL 6 PHENYLIMIDAZO[4,5 B]PYRIDINE; 2 AMINO 3,8 DIMETHYLIMIDAZO[4,5 F]QUINOXALINE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; HEME; HETEROCYCLIC AMINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RED MEAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WHITE MEAT;

EID: 84989316750     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP238     Document Type: Article

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