Problems with the assessment of dietary fat in prostate cancer studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 436-444

  Dennis, Leslie K ^a   Snetselaar, Linda G ^a   Smith, Brian J ^a   Stewart, Ron E ^b   Robbins, Michael E C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fats; Meta analysis; Prostatic neoplasms; Review literature

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CANCER;

ADVANCED CANCER; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 4444263339     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh243     Document Type: Review

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