Vitamin E concentration in breast adipose tissue of breast cancer patients (Kuopio, Finland)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 591-595

  Zhu, Zhenrong ^a   Parviainen, Markku ^b   Männistö, Satu ^c   Pietinen, Pirjo ^c   Eskelinen, Matti ^a   Syrjänen, Kari ^a   Uusitupa, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Breast adipose tissue; Breast cancer; Finland; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029956418     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051701     Document Type: Article

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