Protective effects of tea against lung/pulmonary ailments

Protective Effects of Tea on Human Health

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 149-157

  Yamada, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

catechin.; influenza virus; Lung cancer; methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748977543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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