Tea consumption and the risk of five major cancers: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Feifei ^a   Jin, Zhichao ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a   Xiang, Chun ^a   Tang, Jianyuan ^b   Li, Tuo ^c   He, Jia ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Medical Products Administration   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Dose response; Meta analysis; Tea consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MEDLINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TEA;

EID: 84899063316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-197     Document Type: Article

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