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Estrogen Excretion Patterns and Plasma Levels in Vegetarian and Omnivorous Women

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Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +13

Environmental Factors and Cancer of the Colon and Breast

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Large-Bowel Carcinogenesis: Fecal Constituents of Populations With Diverse Incidence Rates of Colon Cancer2

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Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +15

Origin of lignans in mammals and identification of a precursor from plants

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Life Sciences, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +4