Dietary phyto-oestrogens and the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers: Findings from two Australian case-control studies

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1430-1440

  Neill, Annette S ^a,b   Ibiebele, Torukiri I ^a   Lahmann, Petra H ^a,b   Hughes, Maria Celia ^a   Nagle, Christina M ^a   Webb, Penelope M ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary phyto oestrogens; Endometrial cancer; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

COUMESTROL; ENTEROLIGNAN DERIVATIVE; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LARICIRESINOL; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; MATAIRESINOL; PHYTOESTROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENTEROLIGNAN; ISOFLAVONE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLLOID CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; RISK REDUCTION; AUSTRALIAN; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SELF REPORT;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FURANS; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; LIGNIN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PHYTOESTROGENS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84897116769     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003899     Document Type: Article

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