Article
Acetylator phenotype, aminobiphenyl-hemoglobin adduct levels, and bladder cancer risk in white, black, and Asian men in Los Angeles, California.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 4 May 1994
Yu M C, Skipper P L, Taghizadeh K, Tannenbaum S R, Chan K K, Henderson B E, Ross R K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is a large body of epidemiologic and experimental data that have identified a number of arylamines as human bladder carcinogens. Metabolic activation is required to biotransform these arylamines into their carcinogenic forms, and N-hydroxylation, which is catalyzed by the hepati...
Topics
- Acetylation
- Adult
- Black or African American
- Aminobiphenyl Compounds
- Asian
- Asian People
- Black People
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Hemoglobins
- Humans
- Los Angeles
- Male
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Smoking
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
- White People