Isoflavones, soy-based infant formulas, and relevance to endocrine function

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 193-204

  Klein, Karen Oerter ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY GROWTH; BREAST MILK; CELL CULTURE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOYBEAN; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0031709227     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01748.x     Document Type: Review

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