Vitamin D and mammographic breast density: A systematic review

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Yaghjyan, Lusine ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Drake, Bettina ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Cancer prevention; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER RISK; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 82955249130     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9851-3     Document Type: Review

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