Intake of fish and marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of breast cancer: Meta-analysis of data from 21 independent prospective cohort studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7917, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Ju Sheng ^a,b   Hu, Xiao Jie ^a,b   Zhao, Yi Min ^a,b   Yang, Jing ^a,b   Li, Duo ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b APCNS Centre of Nutrition and Food Safety   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FISH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84880599253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3706     Document Type: Article

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