Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 10 , Pages 732-739 , October 2009

Green Tea Consumption and Mortality among Japanese Elderly People: The Prospective Shizuoka Elderly Cohort

  • Etsuji Suzuki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence reprint requests to: Etsuji Suzuki, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama. 700-8558, Japan. Tel: +81(JPN)-86-223-7151 (ext. 7175). Fax: +81(JPN)-86-235-7178.
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  • Takashi Yorifuji, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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  • Soshi Takao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
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  • Hirokazu Komatsu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
    • Division of Community Care, Saku Central Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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  • Masumi Sugiyama, BA

      Affiliations

    • Tobu Child Support Center of Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan
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  • Toshiki Ohta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Hospital for Geriatric Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
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  • Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program of Health Promotion and Exercise, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Doi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan

Received 31 October 2008 ,Accepted 11 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.06.003

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 10 , Pages 732-739 , October 2009

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