Breast cancer risk and erythrocyte compositions of n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in Japanese

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Kuriki, Kiyonori ^a   Hirose, Kaoru ^b   Wakai, Kenji ^c   Matsuo, Keitaro ^a   Ito, Hidemi ^a   Suzuki, Takeshi ^a   Hiraki, Akio ^a   Saito, Toshiko ^a   Iwata, Hiroji ^a   Tatematsu, Masae ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^a,c  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Breast cancer; Erythrocytes; Fish intake; N 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250320923     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22682     Document Type: Article

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