The study of the relationship between dietary intake of fatty acids and the risk of breast cancer has not yielded definite conclusions with respect to causality, possibly because of methodological issues inherent to nutritional epidemiology. To evaluate the hypothesis of possible protection of n-3 p
Fatty acid composition in serum phospholipids and risk of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study in northern sweden
✍ Scribed by V. Chajès; K. Hultèn; A. L. Van Kappel; A. Winkvist; R. Kaaks; G. Hallmans; P. G. Lenner; E. Riboli
- Book ID
- 110557098
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 92 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0024-4201
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