Mediterranean diet, monounsaturated: Saturated fat ratio and low prostate cancer risk. A myth or a reality?

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Stamatiou, K ^a,b,d   Delakas, D ^c   Sofras, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Thebes   (Greece)

^c Asklepeion General Hospital   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diet, fat restricted; Diet, mediterranean; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PROSTATE CANCER;

DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34250812444     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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