Introduction to the Proceedings of the Third International Scientific Symposium on Tea and Human Health: Role of flavonoids in the diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Blumberg, Jeffrey ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT;

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEA; ANIMAL; DIET;

DIET; FLAVONOIDS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; TEA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS;

EID: 0141751872     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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