Green tea (Camellia sinensis) and cancer prevention: A systematic review of randomized trials and epidemiological studies

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Liu, Jianping ^a,b,c   Xing, Jianmin ^a   Fei, Yutong ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 55949089153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-3-12     Document Type: Review

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