Soya food intake and risk of endometrial cancer among Chinese women in Shanghai: Population based case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7451, 2004, Pages 1285-1288

  Xu, Wang Hong ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b   Xiang, Yong Bing ^a   Ruan, Zhi Xian ^a   Cheng, Jia Rong ^a   Dai, Qi ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^b  

^a SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN;

EID: 2542553389     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38093.646215.ae     Document Type: Article

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