Fibres, whole-grain foods and breast and other cancers

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages S25-S28

  La Vecchia, Carlo ^a   Chatenoud, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control studies; Dietary fibre; Epidemiology; Humans; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLULOSE; CEREALS; DIETARY FIBER; HORMONES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031813942     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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