Olive oil and human cancer: An assessment of the evidence

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Lipworth, Loren ^a   Martínez, María Elena ^b   Angell, Jennifer ^a   Hsieh, Chung Cheng ^a,c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CARCINOMA; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0031105322     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.9977     Document Type: Review

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