Geographic association between urinary excretion of N-nitroso compounds and oesophageal cancer mortality in China.

Overnight urine samples were collected from approximately 60 male adults in each of 69 counties of China in 1989. Two specimens were collected from each subject--one after a loading dose of proline and ascorbic acid and another after a loading dose of proline only. Levels of N-nitrosamino acids and...

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Main Authors: Wu, Y, Chen, J, Ohshima, H, Pignatelli, B, Boreham, J, Li, J, Campbell, T, Peto, R, Bartsch, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1993