Lifelong vegetarianism and risk of breast cancer: A population-based case-control study among South Asian migrant women living in England

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-244

  Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a,b   Mangtani, Punam ^a   McCormack, Valerie ^a   Bhakta, Dee ^a   Sevak, Leena ^a   McMichael, Anthony J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Population Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; England; Migrants; South Asians; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEAT; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037052698     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10300     Document Type: Article

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