Milk consumption, galactose metabolism and ovarian cancer (Australia)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 637-644

  Webb, Penelope M ^a   Bain, Christopher J ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Harvey, Philip W J ^a   Green, Adèle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Galactose; Lactose; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0032443686     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008891714412     Document Type: Article

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