Macronutrients, energy intake, and breast cancer risk: Implications from different models

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-428

  Decarli, Adriano ^a,b   Favero, Adriano ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,d,e   Russo, Antonio ^c   Ferraroni, Monica ^a   Negri, Eva ^d   Franceschi, Silvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Caloric intake; Diet; Dietary carbohydrates; Dietary fats; Dietary protein; Dietary sugar; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030905655     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199707000-00013     Document Type: Article

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