Factors associated with serum levels of estradiol and sex hormone-binding globulin among premenopausal Japanese women

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 994-997

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Kaneda, Nobuyuki ^b   Kabuto, Michinori ^b   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Estradiol; Japanese; Month of birth; Physical activity; Premenopause; Sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030778271     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105994     Document Type: Article

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