Phyto-oestrogens and breast cancer

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-339

  Morton, M S ^a   Bundred, N ^b   McMichael Phillips, D F ^b   Harding, C ^b   Nicholson, R I ^a   Griffiths, K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONOID; LIGNAN; PHYTOESTROGEN;

BREAST CANCER; DIET; FEMALE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030748596     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0040331     Document Type: Review

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