Answer to Dr. Messina's letter to the editor

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 737-738

  Eisenbrand, Gerhard ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49649109907     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200890022     Document Type: Letter

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