Association of intakes of fat, dietary fibre, soya isoflavones and alcohol with uterine fibroids in Japanese women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1427-1431

  Nagata, Chisato ^a   Nakamura, Kozue ^a   Oba, Shino ^a   Hayashi, Makoto ^b   Takeda, Noriyuki ^c   Yasuda, Keigo ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matsunami General Hospital   (Japan)

^c ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Diet; Soya; Uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOYBEAN; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERUS MYOMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; JAPAN; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SOYBEANS;

EID: 67649438794     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508083566     Document Type: Article

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