Green tea and the prevention of breast cancer: A case-control study in Southeast China

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1074-1078

  Zhang, Min ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^b   Huang, Jiang Ping ^a   Xie, Xing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TEA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TEA;

EID: 34447107463     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgl252     Document Type: Article

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