The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1072
February 21, 2000
Phytoestrogens
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Phytoestrogens
February 21, 2000 (Issue: 1072)
Phytoestrogens, plant compounds that are converted to estrogens in the gut, are widely promoted as "natural"substitutes for estrogen in hormone replacement therapy.
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