Diet and breast cancer

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-41

  Linos, Eleni ^a   Holmes, Michelle D ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; COLECALCIFEROL; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW FAT DIET; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846135769     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02951423     Document Type: Review

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