Caffeine consumption and the risk of breast cancer in a large prospective cohort of women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2022-2031

  Ishitani, Ken ^a,b   Lin, Jennifer ^a   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,c   Buring, Julie E ^a,c,d   Zhang, Shumin M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BEVERAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAFFEINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049154724     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.18.2022     Document Type: Article

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