Monounsaturated and other types of fat, and the risk of breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 461-464

  La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Favero, A ^c   Franceschi, S ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Diet; Dietary fats; Epidemiological methods

Indexed keywords

MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0032435562     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-199812000-00006     Document Type: Article

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