Dietary (n-3)/(n-6) fatty acid ratio: Possible relationship to premenopausal but not postmenopausal breast cancer risk in U.S. women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1409-1414

  Goodstine, Shelley L ^a   Zheng, Tongzhang ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Ward, Barbara A ^a   Carter, Darryl ^a   Owens, Patricia H ^a   Mayne, Susan T ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

(n 3) fatty acids; Breast cancer; Case control; Dietary fat; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038332189     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.5.1409     Document Type: Article

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