Sex hormone levels in premenopausal African-American women with upper and lower body fat phenotypes

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 47-56

  Barnett, J B ^a   Woods, M N ^a   Rosner, B ^a   McCormack, C ^a   Longcope, C ^b   Houser, R F ^c   Gorbach, S L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOMATOTYPE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRADIOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; HUMAN; NEGROID RACE; SEX HORMONES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0035527475     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2001.9680611     Document Type: Article

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