The role of diet for the risk of breast cancer is of great interest as a potentially modifiable risk factor. The evidence from prospective observational studies was reviewed and summarized on selected dietary factors, gene-diet interactions, and breast cancer incidence. Dietary factors were consider
Prospective studies of diet and breast cancer
✍ Scribed by Walter C. Willett; David J. Hunter
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 519 KB
- Volume
- 74
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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