Aims, design and methods of a case-control study for the assessment of the role of dietary habits, eating behaviors and environmental factors, on the development of breast cancer

Maturitas

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-36

  Mourouti, Niki ^a   Papavagelis, Christos ^a   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^b   Aravantinos, Gerasimos ^c   Samantas, Epaminondas ^d   Filopoulos, Evangelos ^e   Manousou, Aikaterini ^f   Plytzanopoulou, Petrini ^g   Vassilakou, Tonia ^g   Malamos, Nikolaos ^h   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c General Oncological Hospital of Kifissia Agioi Anargiroi   (Greece)

^d Third Pathology Oncology Clinic   (Greece)

^e SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f I Metaxa Special Cancer Hospital   (Greece)

^g NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^h IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Environment; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870922573     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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