Consumption of black tea and cancer risk: A prospective cohort study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^a,b   Hertog, Michaël G L ^c   Brants, Henny A M ^a   Van Poppel, Geert ^a   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STOMACH CANCER; TEA;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TEA;

EID: 0030032308     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.2.93     Document Type: Article

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