Relation between Maternal Diet and Subsequent Primitive Neuroectodermal Brain Tumors in Young Children
- 19 August 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (8) , 536-541
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199308193290804
Abstract
It has been hypothesized that a high dietary intake of nitrosamines and their precursors, nitrites and nitrates, is a risk factor for brain tumors. Vitamins C and E inhibit the formation of nitrosamines and thus may be protective.Keywords
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