Green tea drinking habits and esophageal cancer in Southern China: A case-control study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Chen, Zuhui ^a,b   Chen, Qing ^a   Xia, Haiyan ^b   Lin, Jinrong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Green tea; Tea drinking temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958724660     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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