Comparison of postmenopausal endogenous sex hormones among Japanese, Japanese Brazilians, and non-Japanese Brazilians

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Kasuga, Yoshio ^b   Yokoyama, Shiro ^c   Onuma, Hiroshi ^c   Nishimura, Hideki ^d   Kusama, Ritsu ^e   Hamada, Gerson S ^f   Nishimoto, Ines N ^g   Maciel, Maria D S ^g   Motola Jr, Juvenal ^h   Laginha, Fábio M ^h   Anzai, Roberto ⁱ   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e Nagano Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Nikkei Disease Prevention Center   (Brazil)

^g A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

^h Hospital Perola Byington   (Brazil)

ⁱ Hospital Santa Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; AMMONIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ASIAN; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 79951555237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-16     Document Type: Article

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