Caffeine intake and endogenous sex steroid levels in postmenopausal women: The Rancho Bernardo study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 642-644

  Ferrini, Rebecca L ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

caffeine; cohort studies; estradiol; estrogens; estrone; sex hormone binding globulin; testosterone; women

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 0029785265     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008975     Document Type: Article

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