Diet and Estrogen Status: The Cruciferous Connection

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-82

  Zeligs, Michael A ^a  

^a Boulder Community Hospital   (United States)

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EID: 84926520715     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.1998.1.67     Document Type: Article

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