Essential fatty acids, insulin resistance, and breast cancer risk

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-77

  Stoll, Basil A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; ESTROGEN; INSULIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031815401     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514681     Document Type: Review

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