Linoleic acid intake and cancer risk: A review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 142-153

  Zock, Peter L ^a   Katan, Martijn B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Carcinogenesis; Colon cancer; Humans; Linoleic acid; Meta analysis; n 6 polyunsaturated fat; Prostate cancer; Rectal cancer; Risk factors; Tumors

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031780632     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.1.142     Document Type: Review

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