Cohort studies of fat intake and the risk of breast cancer - A pooled analysis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 356-361

  Hunter, David J ^a,b,c,k   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^j   Beeson, Lawrence ^d   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^g   Folsom, Aaron R ^f   Fraser, Gary E ^d   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^h   Graham, Saxon ⁱ   Howe, Geoffrey R ^e   Kushi, Lawrence H ^f   Marshall, James R ⁱ   McDermott, Aidan ^c   Miller, Anthony B ^e   Speizer, Frank E ^c   Wolk, Alicja ^j   Yaun, Shiaw Shyuan ^c   Willett, Walter ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h TNO   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^j UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13344249755     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602083340603     Document Type: Article

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