Role of dietary fatty acids in mammary gland development and breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  MacLennan, Mira ^a   Ma, David W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

BIRTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; PUBERTY; REVIEW; BREAST TUMOR; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN;

EID: 79958202611     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2646     Document Type: Review

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