Is Green Tea Drinking Associated With a Later Onset of Breast Cancer?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-81

  Dai, Qi ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Li, Honglan ^b   Yang, Gong ^a   Shrubsole, Martha J ^a   Cai, Hui ^a   Ji, Butian ^d   Wen, Wanqing ^a   Franke, Adrian ^c   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Zheng, Wei ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Cancer Research Center of Hawaii   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Breast Cancer; Green Tea; Later Onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AROMATASE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TEA;

EID: 71549133042     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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