Soy as an endocrine disruptor: Cause for caution?

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 855-861

  Bar El Dadon, S ^a   Reifen, Ram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHOXYCHLOR; PHYTOESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SOYBEAN;

EID: 77958535121     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.2010.138     Document Type: Review

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