Vitamin D intake, month the mammogram was taken and mammographic density in Norwegian women aged 50-69.
BACKGROUND:The role of vitamin D in breast cancer etiology is unclear. There is some, but inconsistent, evidence that vitamin D is associated with both breast cancer risk and mammographic density (MD). We evaluated the associations of MD with month the mammogram was taken, and with vitamin D intake,...
Main Authors: | Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Tom Grotmol, Amrit Kaur Sakhi, Solveig Hofvind, Samera Qureshi, Marianne Skov Markussen, Elisabeth Couto, Linda Vos, Giske Ursin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4418832?pdf=render |
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