Oestradiol and sex hormone-binding globulin in premenopausal and post-menopausal meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1470-1475

  Thomas, H V ^a,b   Davey, G K ^a   Key, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Oestradiol; Sex hormone binding globulin; Vegan; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARNIVORE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETARIAN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 0032987011     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690546     Document Type: Article

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