Commentary: Fat and breast cancer: Time to re-evaluate both methods and results?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1022-1024

  Bingham, Sheila A ^a   Day, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL;

ACCURACY; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33749614163     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl142     Document Type: Note

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