Adolescent meat intake and breast cancer risk

Volume: 136, Issue: 8, Pages: 1909 - 1920
Published: Apr 15, 2015
Abstract
The breast is particularly vulnerable to carcinogenic influences during adolescence due to rapid proliferation of mammary cells and lack of terminal differentiation. We investigated consumption of adolescent red meat and other protein sources in relation to breast cancer risk in the Nurses’ Health Study II cohort. We followed prospectively 44,231 women aged 33–52 years who, in 1998, completed a detailed questionnaire about diet during...
Paper Details
Title
Adolescent meat intake and breast cancer risk
Published Date
Apr 15, 2015
Volume
136
Issue
8
Pages
1909 - 1920
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