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Physiological effects of phyto-oestrogens in relation to cancer and other human health risks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2007

Aedin Cassidy
Aedin Cassidy
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Nutritional Chemoprevention and Gut Metabolism Group, Medical Research Council, Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2DH
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Symposium on ‘Physiologically-Active Substances in Plant Foods’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 55 , Issue 1B , March 1996 , pp. 399 - 417
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