A cross-sectional study of equol producer status and self-reported vasomotor symptoms

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-495

  Newton, Katherine M ^a,b   Reed, Susan D ^a,b,c,d   Uchiyama, Shigeto ^e   Qu, Conghui ^c   Ueno, Tomomi ^e   Iwashita, Soh ^e,f   Gunderson, Gabrielle ^a   Fuller, Sharon ^a   Lampe, Johanna W ^d  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^f Pharmavite LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Daidzein; Equol; Menopause; Vasomotor symptoms

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; EQUOL; GENISTEIN; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SOY FOOD; URINALYSIS; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VASOMOTOR SYMPTOM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIET; HOT FLUSH; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEATING; URINE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EQUOL; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; SELF REPORT; SOY FOODS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEATING;

EID: 84928953274     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000363     Document Type: Article

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