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Diet and breast cancer

A review of the prospective observational studies

  1. Karin B. Michels ScD, PhD1,2,†,*,
  2. Anshu P. Mohllajee MPH1,2,
  3. Edith Roset-Bahmanyar MD, MPH1,
  4. Gregory P. Beehler MA3,
  5. Kirsten B. Moysich PhD3

Article first published online: 14 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22654

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Cancer

Cancer

Supplement: Environmental Factors in Breast Cancer

Volume 109, Issue Supplement 12, pages 2712–2749, 15 June 2007

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Michels, K. B., Mohllajee, A. P., Roset-Bahmanyar, E., Beehler, G. P. and Moysich, K. B. (2007), Diet and breast cancer. Cancer, 109: 2712–2749. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22654

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  1. 1

    Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Department of Epidemiology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

  1. †

    Fax: (617) 732-4899

*Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 221 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 JUN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 JAN 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 26 JAN 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 18 JUL 2006

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  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure as part of the Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Science Review project led by Silent Spring Institute with collaborating investigators at Harvard Medical School, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and the University of Southern California

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