Intake of specific carotenoids and essential fatty acids and breast cancer risk in Montreal, Canada

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 857-864

  Nkondjock, André ^a,b   Ghadirian, Parviz ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Carotenoids; Case control study; Fatty acids; Food intake; French Canadians; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2442434515     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.5.857     Document Type: Article

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