Cancer rates among drinkers of black tea

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 739-760

  Blot, William J ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TEA;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 0031307053     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399709527800     Document Type: Article

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