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Dietary intakes of mushrooms and green tea combine to reduce the risk of breast cancer in Chinese women

  1. Min Zhang1,†,*,
  2. Jian Huang2,
  3. Xing Xie3,
  4. C. D'Arcy J. Holman1

Article first published online: 1 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24047

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 124, Issue 6, pages 1404–1408, 15 March 2009

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Zhang, M., Huang, J., Xie, X. and Holman, C. D. J. (2009), Dietary intakes of mushrooms and green tea combine to reduce the risk of breast cancer in Chinese women. Int. J. Cancer, 124: 1404–1408. doi: 10.1002/ijc.24047

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  1. 1

    School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

  2. 2

    Department of Oncology, Cancer Institute, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

  3. 3

    Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China

  1. †

    Fax: +61 8 6488 1188.

*School of Population Health, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 1 OCT 2008
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 1 OCT 2008 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 26 SEP 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 31 MAY 2008

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  • The National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). Grant Number: 303292

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