Meat, fish and egg intake and risk of breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-227

  Holmes, Michelle D ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Egg intake; Fish intake; Meat intake; Observational study; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGG; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; EGGS; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037457347     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10910     Document Type: Article

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