Inverse association of soy product intake with serum androgen and estrogen concentrations in Japanese men

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-18

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Inaba, Shizuyo ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Kakizoe, Tadao ^b   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0034082835     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC3601_3     Document Type: Article

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