Green tea and incidence of colorectal cancer: Evidence from prospective cohort studies

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1143-1152

  Wang, Zhen Hua ^a,b   Gao, Qin Yan ^a,b   Fang, Jing Yuan ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; META ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEA;

CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TEA;

EID: 84873639739     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2012.718031     Document Type: Review

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