European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3042-3046 , November 2009

Long-term meat intake and risk of breast cancer by oestrogen and progesterone receptor status in a cohort of Swedish women

  • Susanna C. Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, P.O. Box 210, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +46 8 52486059; fax: +46 8 304571.
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  • Leif Bergkvist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery and Centre for Clinical Research, Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Alicja Wolk

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, P.O. Box 210, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 27 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.04.035

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 17 , Pages 3042-3046 , November 2009

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