Tea and coffee consumption and the risk of digestive tract cancers: Data from a comparative case-referent study in Japan

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-216

  Inoue, M ^a   Tajima, K ^a   Hirose, K ^a   Hamajima, N ^a   Takezaki, T ^a   Kuroishi, T ^a   Tominaga, S ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coffee; Digestive tract cancer; Japan; Tea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COFFEE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COFFEE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 0031948297     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008890529261     Document Type: Article

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