Adipose fatty acids and cancers of the breast, prostate and colon: An ecological study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 587-591

  Barker, Nicole ^a   Veer, Pieter Van't ^a   Zock, Peter L ^a   Aro, A ^b   Delgado Rodiguez, M ^b   Gomez Aracena, J ^b   Huttunen, J K ^b   Kardinaal, A F M ^b   Kark, J D ^b   Kohlmeier, L ^b   Kok, F J ^b   Martin, B C ^b   Martin Moreno, J M ^b   Mazaev, V P ^b   Riemersma, R A ^b   Ringstad, J ^b   Strain, J J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agricultural University Wageningen ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; ECOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISRAEL; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1842373351     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970807)72:4<587::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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