Open AccessDietary phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk
Author(s) -
Lital KeinanBoker,
Yvonne T. van der Schouw,
Diederick E. Grobbee,
Petra H.M. Peeters
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/79.2.282
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition , phytoestrogens , hazard ratio , quartile , isoflavones , prospective cohort study , population , cancer , proportional hazards model , cohort study , environmental health , confidence interval , estrogen
A high intake of phytoestrogens, particularly isoflavones, has been suggested to decrease breast cancer risk. Results from human studies are inconclusive.
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