Diet and breast cancer: An epidemiologist's perspective

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Hin Peng, Lee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHYTOESTROGEN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW;

ALCOHOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032146550     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(98)00014-6     Document Type: Review

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