The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial: A post-mortem

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Michels, Karin B ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dietary fat

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN D;

AGING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; CORONARY RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW FAT DIET; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58849133437     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-9972-x     Document Type: Review

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