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Iron intake, body iron status, and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Iron has been shown to promote breast carcinogenesis in animal models through generation of oxidative stress and interaction with estrogen. Heme iron, which is found exclusively in animal-sourced foods, is suggested to have a more detrimental effect. Epidemiological evidence of the assoc...

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Autores principales: Chang, Vicky C., Cotterchio, Michelle, Khoo, Edwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6555759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5642-0