Does the consumption of green tea reduce the risk of lung cancer among smokers?

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Liang, Wenbin ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a   Jian, Le ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Polyphenols; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MEDLINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TEA;

EID: 33947141436     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel066     Document Type: Article

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