Phytoestrogens

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-303

  Murkies, Alice L ^a,b   Wilcox, Gisela ^c   Davis, Susan R ^b  

^a Nadia Maffei Research Fellow   (Australia)

^b Jean Hailes Medical Centre for Women   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PLANT;

ANIMALIA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MEDLINE; MENOPAUSE; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 0031992548     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.2.297     Document Type: Review

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