DIET, BODY SIZE, AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER

A case-control study

ACADEMIC DISSERTATION

To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki, for public criticism in Auditorium XIV, University Main Building, on November 5, 1999, at 12 o'clock.

Department of Nutrition, National Public Health Institute
Department of Clinical Nutrition, Kuopio University
Department of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital
Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology (Nutrition), University of Helsinki

ISBN 951-45-8981-5 (HTML version)
Helsingin yliopiston verkkojulkaisut
Helsinki 1999

The printed version of this work:
Publications of the National Public Health Institute A 17/1999
ISSN 0359-3584
Copyright National Public Health Institute

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Supervisors

Professor Pirjo Pietinen
Department of Nutrition
National Public Health Institute
Helsinki, Finland

Professor Matti Uusitupa
Department of Clinical Nutrition,
University of Kuopio and
Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Finland

Professor Juni Palmgren
Department of Mathematical Statistics
University of Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden

Reviewers

Professor Lyly Teppo
Finnish Cancer Registry
Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research
Helsinki, Finland

Dr. Pieter van't Veer
Division of Human Nutrition & Epidemiology
Wageningen Agricultural University
Wageningen, the Netherlands

Opponent

Professor Suvi Virtanen
School of Public Health
University of Tampere
Tampere, Finland