Tea Consumption and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Sweden

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-179

  Terry, Paul ^a   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON TUMOR; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM TUMOR; SWEDEN; TEA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; TEA;

EID: 0035232782     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914nc392_3     Document Type: Article

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