Folate intake and the risk of breast cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Yu Fei ^a   Shi, Wei Wu ^b   Gao, Hong Fang ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Hou, An Ji ^a   Zhou, Yu Hao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SEVENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TAIZHOU HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84903151807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100044     Document Type: Article

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