Impact of diet on breast cancer risk

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Lof, Marie ^a,b   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,c,d,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e Samfunded Folkhalsan ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Prevention; Review; Women

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; PHYTOESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE INTERACTION; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYTOESTROGENS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59149101691     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32831d7f22     Document Type: Review

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