Nutrition and endometrial cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-32

  Hill, Holly A ^a   Austin, Harland ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Endometrial cancer; Epidemiology; Estrogens; Obesity; Review

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

DIET; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030043358     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00115635     Document Type: Review

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