α-linolenic acid and risk of prostate cancer: A case-control study in Uruguay

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-338

  De Stéfani, Eduardo ^a   Deneo Pellegrini, Hugo ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Ronco, Alvaro ^a   Mendilaharsu, María ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; URUGUAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URUGUAY;

EID: 2542509473     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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