Green tea, black tea and breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1310-1315

  Sun, Can Lan ^b   Yuan, Jian Min ^b   Koh, Woon Puay ^a   Yu, Mimi C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK TEA EXTRACT; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; THEAFLAVIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745627071     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgi276     Document Type: Review

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