Green tea and risk of breast cancer in Asian Americans

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 574-579

  Wu, Anna H ^a,c   Yu, Mimi C ^a   Tseng, Chiu Chen ^a   Hankin, Jean ^b   Pike, Malcolm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Breast cancer; Green tea

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TEA;

EID: 0043095348     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11259     Document Type: Article

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