Dietary fat and breast cancer: A controversial issue

Breast Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 67-75

  Noguchi, Masakuni ^a   Taniya, Takao ^a   Kumaki, Takeo ^a   Ohta, Nagayoshi ^a   Kitagawa, Hirohisa ^a   Kinoshita, Kazuo ^a   Earashi, Mitsuharu ^a   Yagasaki, Ryo ^a   Minami, Masahide ^a   Kawahara, Futoshi ^a   Tsuyama, Hiroshi ^a   Miwa, Koichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dietary fat; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Polyunsaturated fat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041756504     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967059     Document Type: Review

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