Beliefs about dietary factors in breast cancer prevention among American women, 1991 to 1995

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Barnard, Neal D ^a   Nicholson, Andrew ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; nutrition; prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030891895     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.9987     Document Type: Article

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