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Green tea consumption and breast cancer risk: three recent meta-analyses

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Unite, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214041, China

    Ping Zhou

  2. Department of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital to Nantong University, No. 585, Xing Yuan North Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214041, China

    Ping Zhou, Jian-Ping Li & Chun Zhang

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Zhou, P., Li, JP. & Zhang, C. Green tea consumption and breast cancer risk: three recent meta-analyses. Breast Cancer Res Treat 127, 581–583 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1338-5

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