Does a low-fat diet help prevent breast cancer?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 583-584

  Steiner, Elizabeth ^a   Klubert, David ^b   Hayes, Meg ^a   Hamilton, Andrew ^a   Kolasa, Kathryn ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apogee Informatics   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MOTIVATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 34447097288     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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