Relation of green tea consumption to serum lipids and lipoproteins in Japanese men

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 128-133

  Kono, Suminori ^a,f   Shinchi, Koichi ^a   Wakabayashi, Kazuo ^b   Honjo, Satoshi ^b   Todoroki, Isao ^b   Sakurai, Yutaka ^b   Imanishi, Koji ^c   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^d   Ogawa, Shinsaku ^e   Katsurada, Mitsuhiko ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c National Defense Medical College   (Japan)

^d Self Defense Force Kumamoto Hospital   (Japan)

^e Self Defense Forces Sapporo Hospital   (Japan)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Green tea; Japanese men; Serum lipids; Serum lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CATECHIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEA;

EID: 33845514653     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.128     Document Type: Article

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