Lung Cancer
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 274-283 , September 2009

Green tea, black tea consumption and risk of lung cancer: A meta-analysis

  • Naping Tang

      Affiliations

    • National Shanghai Center for New Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, 199 Guoshoujing Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong, Shanghai 201203, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 21 50800333; fax: +86 21 50801259.
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  • Yuemin Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, People's Hospital of Liyang City, Liyang, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Bo Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Bin Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
    • ,
  • Rongbin Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 1 December 2008 ,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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Lung Cancer
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