Association of vitamin B 6, vitamin B 12 and methionine with risk of breast cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1926-1944

  Wu, W ^a   Kang, S ^a   Zhang, D ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

breast cancer; dose response meta analysis; methionine; vitamin B12; vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; RISK; BREAST TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RISK; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84885177458     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.438     Document Type: Article

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