Nitrate in Public Water Supplies and the Risk of Colon and Rectum Cancers

Autor:	Kenneth P. Cantor, Charles F. Lynch, Mary H. Ward, Anneclaire J. De Roos
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	inorganic chemicals Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology organic chemicals Rectum Cancers chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Nitrate Internal medicine Nitrosation cardiovascular system medicine Cancer research Nitrite Carcinogen
Zdroj:	Epidemiology. 14:640-649
ISSN:	1044-3983
DOI:	10.1097/01.ede.0000091605.01334.d3
Popis:	Background:Nitrate is a widespread contaminant of drinking water, but its potential health effects are unclear. In the body, nitrate is reduced to nitrite, which can react with amines and amides by nitrosation to form N-nitroso compounds, known animal carcinogens. N-nitroso compound formation is inh
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