Soy intake and breast cancer: Elucidation of an unanswered question

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-3

  Gammon, M D ^a   Fink, B N ^b   Steck, S E ^c   Wolff, M S ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONE;

ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOYBEAN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; SOY FOODS;

EID: 38049041596     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604182     Document Type: Editorial

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