Essential fatty acids and breast cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 491-494

  De Stefani, Eduarde ^a   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^b   Mendilaharsu, María ^a   Ronco, Alvaro ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto Nacional de Oncologia Montevideo   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URUGUAY;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; URUGUAY;

EID: 0031970761     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980518)76:4<491::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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