Diet and risk of breast cancer: Major findings from an Italian case- control study

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 109-115

  Favero, A ^a   Parpinel, M ^a   Franceschi, S ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Diet; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; ITALY; MENOPAUSE; OVARY CYCLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032055697     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3322(98)80088-7     Document Type: Article

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