Green tea and the risk of breast cancer: Pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1361-1363

  Suzuki, Y ^a,a   Tsubono, Y ^a   Nakaya, N ^a   Koizumi, Y ^a   Tsuji, I ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Green tea; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEA;

ADULT; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TEA;

EID: 2342457749     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601652     Document Type: Article

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