Green tea consumption and prevention of coronary artery disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-249

  Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN TEA EXTRACT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CHINA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEA;

EID: 75749155881     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-1004     Document Type: Editorial

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