Epidemiological Studies of the Relationship Between Consumption of Soy Products

question 15

Multiple Choice

Epidemiological studies of the relationship between consumption of soy products and cancer have generally found:

• A) soy-rich diets promote breast cancer.
• B) soy-rich diets promote uterine cancer.
• C) no association between soy-rich diets and cancer.
• D) either no association between soy and breast cancer or a protective association.

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