Adipose tissue omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid content and breast cancer in the euramic study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 342-352

  Simonsen, Neal ^a,j   Van't Veer, Pieter ^b   Strain, John J ^c   Martin Moreno, José M ^d   Huttunen, Jussi K ^e   Navajas, Joaquin Fernández Crehuet ^f   Martin, Blaise C ^g   Thamm, Michael ^h   Kardinaal, Alwine F M ⁱ   Kok, Frans J ^b   Kohlmeier, Lenore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

ⁱ TNO   (Netherlands)

^j IL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Breast neoplasms; Fatty acids; Omega 3

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0032519694     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009456     Document Type: Article

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