- Abstract:
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Epidemiological evidence has suggested that cigarette smoking has an anti-oestrogenic effect in women, but the effects of smoking on steroid hormone metabolism are not fully understood. We compared serum concentrations of oestradiol, progesterone (luteal phase) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEA-S), and urinary excretion rates of six steroids of predominantly adrenal origin, in healthy premenopausal and postmenopausal female smokers and non-smokers. Serum concentrations of oestradiol, ...
Expand abstract - Journal:
- The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 4A
- Pages:
- 529-534
- Publication date:
- 1991-10-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-1220
- ISSN:
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0960-0760
- URN:
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uuid:3efc3065-5b89-4f9e-960d-ca7b1877f214
- Source identifiers:
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15245
- Local pid:
- pubs:15245
- Copyright date:
- 1991
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Cigarette smoking and steroid hormones in women.
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