Dietary patterns, the Alternate Healthy Eating Index and plasma sex hormone concentrations in postmenopausal women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 803-809

  Fung, Teresa T ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^b,c   Barbieri, Robert L ^c   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Hankinson, Susan E ^b,c  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Estrogen; Hormones; Nutrition; Postmenopause

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATE HEALTHY EATING INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; NUTRITION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN;

EID: 34547124556     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22728     Document Type: Article

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