## Abstract Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Controversy exists regarding the role of dietary fat in breast cancer etiology. We investigated the association of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and the ratio of n‐6 PUFAs to marine‐derived n‐3 PUFAs with breast cancer risk
Marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in adipose tissue and breast cancer risk: a case–cohort study from Denmark
✍ Scribed by Petra M. Witt; Jeppe H. Christensen; Erik B. Schmidt; Claus Dethlefsen; Anne Tjønneland; Kim Overvad; Marianne Ewertz
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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