Relations of omega-3 and omega-6 intake with mammographic breast density

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-351

  Diorio, Caroline ^a,b   Dumas, Isabelle ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast density; Omega 3; Omega 6; Polyunsaturated fatty acid

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHIC BREAST DENSITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84895557797     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-013-0335-5     Document Type: Article

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