Effect of dietary flaxseed on serum levels of estrogens and androgens in postmenopausal women

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 612-618

  Sturgeon, Susan R ^a   Heersink, Joanna L ^a   Volpe, Stella L ^b   Bertone Johnson, Elizabeth R ^a   Puleo, Elaine ^a   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^c   Sabelawski, Sara ^a   Wähälä, Kristina ^d   Kurzer, Mindy S ^e   Bigelow, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINSEED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ANDROGENS; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLAX; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 51849114706     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635580801971864     Document Type: Article

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