Tofu and risk of breast cancer in Asian-Americans

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 901-906

  Wu, Anna H ^a,f   Ziegler, Regina G ^b   Horn Ross, Pamela L ^c   Nomura, Abraham M Y ^d   West, Dee W ^c   Kolonel, Laurence N ^d   Rosenthal, Jeanne F ^e   Hoover, Robert N ^b   Pike, Malcolm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0029826587     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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