Dietary phytoestrogen intakes and cognitive function during the menopausal transition: Results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation Phytoestrogen Study

Menopause

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 894-903

  Greendale, Gail A ^a   Huang, Mei Hua ^a   Leung, Katherine ^b   Crawford, Sybil L ^b   Gold, Ellen B ^c   Wight, Richard ^d   Waetjen, Elaine ^e   Karlamangla, Arun S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LIGNAN; MATAIRESINOL; PINORESINOL; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLIMACTERIUM; COGNITION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGITS SPAN BACKWARD TEST; EAST BOSTON MEMORY TEST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SYMBOL DIGIT MODALITIES TEST; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN AMERICANS; COGNITION; COUMESTROL; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOESTROGENS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84864277675     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e318242a654     Document Type: Article

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