Drinking green tea modestly reduces breast cancer risk

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-316

  Shrubsole, Martha J ^a   Lu, Wei ^b   Chen, Zhi ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Zheng, Ying ^c   Dai, Qi ^a   Cai, Qiuyin ^a   Gu, Kai ^c   Ruan, Zhi Xian ^b   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHINA; COMT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK REDUCTION; TEA; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 60249102313     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.098699     Document Type: Article

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