Systematic review: Green tea and gastrointestinal cancer risk

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 497-510

  Borrelli, F ^a   Capasso, R ^a   Russo, A ^b   Ernst, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BEVERAGE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; TEA;

BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 1642330628     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.01884.x     Document Type: Review

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