Long-chain n-3-to-n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios in breast adipose tissue from women with and without breast cancer

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 180-185

  Bagga, Dilprit ^a   Anders, Karl H ^b   Wang, He Jing ^a   Glaspy, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORN OIL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SAFFLOWER OIL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK;

ANIMALIA; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036035977     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC422_5     Document Type: Article

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