Green tea consumption and the risk of pancreatic and colorectal cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-258

  Ji, Bu Tian ^a,b,d   Chow, Wong Ho ^c   Hsing, Ann Wu ^d   Mclaughlin, Joseph K ^c   Dai, Qi ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Blot, William J ^c   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^d  

^a School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031036807     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970127)70:3<255::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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