Diet and the prevention and treatment of breast cancer

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 32-38

  Nicholson, Andrew ^a,b,c,d  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

^c Doctors Community Hospital   (United States)

^d INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FATS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030277921     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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