Role of dietary fat in the causation of breast cancer: Point

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-7

  Greenwald, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CALORIC INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033058320     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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