Higher dietary folate intake reduces the breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2327-2338

  Chen, P ^a   Li, C ^a   Li, X ^a   Li, J ^a   Chu, R ^a   Wang, H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

breast cancer; folate; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84899990434     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.155     Document Type: Article

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