Adherence to the mediterranean diet is associated with lower likelihood of breast cancer: A case-control study

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 810-817

  Mourouti, Niki ^a   Kontogianni, Meropi D ^a   Papavagelis, Christos ^a   Plytzanopoulou, Petrini ^b   Vassilakou, Tonia ^b   Malamos, Nikolaos ^c   Linos, Athena ^d   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^c IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RED MEAT; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FRUIT; GREECE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREALS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84903277160     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2014.916319     Document Type: Article

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