Intake of selected micronutrients and the risk of breast cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 140-144

  Negri, Eva ^a,b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,c   Franceschi, Silvia ^d   D'Avanzo, Barbara ^a   Talamini, Renato ^d   Parpinel, Maria ^d   Ferraroni, Monica ^c   Filiberti, Rosa ^e   Montella, Maurizio ^f   Falcini, Fabio ^g   Conti, Ettore ^h   Decarli, Adriano ^c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^h REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; IRON; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 9044238432     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960117)65:2<140::AID-IJC3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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