Associations of menstrual cycle length with intake of soy, fat, and dietary fiber in Japanese women

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-170

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Oba, Shino ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Graduate School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUTRIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOYBEAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOY FOODS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748207853     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5402_2     Document Type: Article

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