Browsing by Author "Farvid, Maryam"
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Adolescent fiber intake and mammographic breast density in premenopausal women
Yaghjyan, Lusine; Ghita, Gabriela L.; Rosner, Bernard; Farvid, Maryam; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Tamimi, Rulla M. (BioMed Central, 2016)Background: To date, there is limited and inconsistent epidemiologic evidence for associations of adolescent diet with mammographic breast density, a strong and consistent predictor of breast cancer. We investigated the ... -
Database improvements for motor vehicle/bicycle crash analysis
Lusk, Anne C; Asgarzadeh, Morteza; Farvid, Maryam S (BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)Background: Bicycling is healthy but needs to be safer for more to bike. Police crash templates are designed for reporting crashes between motor vehicles, but not between vehicles/bicycles. If written/drawn bicycle-crash-scene ... -
Dietary linoleic acid and risk of coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
Farvid, Maryam; Ding, Ming; Pan, An; Sun, Qi; Chiuve, Stephanie Elizabeth; Steffen, Lyn M.; Willett, Walter C.; Hu, Frank B. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014)Background—Previous studies on intake of linoleic acid (LA), the predominant n-6 fatty acid, and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk have generated inconsistent results. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of ... -
Dietary protein sources in early adulthood and breast cancer incidence: prospective cohort study
Farvid, Maryam S; Cho, Eunyoung; Chen, Wendy Y; Eliassen, A Heather; Willett, Walter C (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2014)Objective: To investigate the association between dietary protein sources in early adulthood and risk of breast cancer. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Health professionals in the United States. Participants: ...