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An Overview of the epidemiological evidence linking diet and cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Richard Doll
Richard Doll
Affiliation:
ICRF Cancer Studies Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE
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Symposium on ‘Diet and Cancer’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , July 1990 , pp. 119 - 131
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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