Drinking water nitrate, disinfection byproducts, and prostate cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study
These findings suggest that drinking water nitrate-N exposure, at average levels > 10 mg L-1, is a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly aggressive disease.
Authors
- Jared A. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9203-5742)
- Christine G. Parks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5734-3456)
- Samantha Ammons
- Paul S. Albert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1658-1068)
- M.C. Ward
- Dale P. Sandler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6776-0018)
- Cherrel K. Manley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5795-1216)
- Rena Jones
- Maya Spaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4578-5513)
- Jessica M. Madrigal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5303-5109)
- Lauren M. Hurwitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-5028)
- Laura E. Beane Freeman
- Dazhe Chen
- Jonathan N Hofmann
- Stella Koutros
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- Department of Health and Human Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaf350
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.20