Dietary fat and breast cancer in Saudi Arabia: A case-control study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 879-886

  Alothaimeen, A ^a   Ezzat, A ^a   Mohamed, G ^a   Muammar, T ^a   Al Madouj, A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 28644431614     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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