Associations of menstrual pain with intakes of soy, fat and dietary fiber in Japanese women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Hirokawa, K ^a   Shimizu, N ^a   Shimizu, H ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Dysmenorrhea; Fat; Isoflavones; Soy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FAT; ISOFLAVONE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSMENORRHEA; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NUTRIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SOYBEAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DYSMENORRHEA; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; JAPAN; MENARCHE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOY FOODS;

EID: 12144257541     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602042     Document Type: Article

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