Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid intakes and endometrial cancer risk in a population-based case-control study

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1251-1260

  Arem, Hannah ^a   Neuhouser, Marian L ^b   Irwin, Melinda L ^a,c   Cartmel, Brenda ^a,c   Lu, Lingeng ^a   Risch, Harvey ^a,c   Mayne, Susan T ^a,c   Yu, Herbert ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Endometrial cancer; Fatty acids; Fish; Fish oil

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FISHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SEAFOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879551425     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0436-z     Document Type: Article

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