Nutrition and breast cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-68

  Hunter, David J ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Body size; Breast cancer; Caffeine; Diet; Epidemiology; Review; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; OLIVE OIL; VITAMIN;

BREAST CANCER; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIET; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0030065049     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00115638     Document Type: Review

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