Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 66-72 , February 2011

Genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase genes and susceptibility to colorectal cancer: A case–control study in an Indian population

  • Jingwen Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan. Tel.: +81 52 853 8176; fax: +81 52 842 3830.
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  • Jing Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology and Oncology, The First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
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  • Yang Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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  • Vendhan Gajalakshmi

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiological Research Center, Chennai 600-010, India
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  • Kiyonori Kuriki

      Affiliations

    • Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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  • Sadao Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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  • Teruo Nagaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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  • Seiichi Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Health Research Foundation, Kyoto 606-8225, Japan
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  • Susumu Akasaka

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan
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  • Hideki Ishikawa

      Affiliations

    • Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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  • Shinkan Tokudome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
    • National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo 162-8636, Japan

,Accepted 2 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.07.003

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 66-72 , February 2011

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