Possible protective effect of green tea intake on risk of adult leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-170

  Zhang, M ^a   Zhao, X ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult leukaemia; Case control study; Green tea; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 38049039448     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604140     Document Type: Article

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