Tea consumption and cancer incidence in a prospective cohort study of postmenopausal women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Doyle, Timothy J ^b   Kushi, Lawrence H ^a   Sellers, Thomas A ^a   Hong, Ching Ping ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

bladder neoplasms; colonic neoplasms; diet; health promotion; neoplasms; prospective studies; tea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEA; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0030054621     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008905     Document Type: Article

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