Differences in breast cancer mortality worldwide: Unsolved problems

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 416-423

  Kesteloot, Hugo E C ^a,c   Zhang, Jianjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mortality; Nutrition; Omega 3 fatty acids; Saturated fat

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33747390509     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200610000-00006     Document Type: Article

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