Does a higher ratio of serum calcium to magnesium increase the risk for postmenopausal breast cancer?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-318

  Sahmoun, Abe E ^a   Singh, Brij B ^b  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL MELASTATIN 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; OSTEOLYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECURRENT CANCER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 77955588479     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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