Higher urinary lignan concentrations in women but not men are positively associated with shorter time to pregnancy

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 352-358

  Mumford, Sunni L ^a   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Sweeney, Anne M ^b   Barr, Dana Boyd ^c   Rybak, Michael E ^d   Maisog, Jose M ^a   Parker, Daniel L ^d   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^d   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; MALE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894264079     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.184820     Document Type: Article

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