Open AccessNitrate Intake Does Not Influence Bladder Cancer Risk: The Netherlands Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Maurice P. Zeegers,
Roel F.M. Selen,
Jos Kleinjans,
R. Alexandra Goldbohm,
Piet A. van den Brandt
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.9098
Subject(s) - bladder cancer , environmental health , cohort study , cohort , nitrate , medicine , cancer , oncology , biology , ecology
N-nitroso compounds, endogenously formed from nitrate-derived nitrite, are suspected to be important bladder carcinogens. However, the association between nitrate exposure from food or drinking water and bladder cancer has not been substantially investigated in epidemiologic studies.