Folate intake and risk of breast cancer characterized by hormone receptor status

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2004-2008

  Zhang, Shumin M ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Giovannucci, Edward L ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEPTOR GENE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 23844473561     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0083     Document Type: Article

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