Folate and risk of breast cancer: A meta-analysis

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-76

  Larsson, Susanna C ^a   Giovannucci, Edward ^b,c   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGED; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846998339     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djk006     Document Type: Article

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