Infant mortality, stomach cancer, stroke, and coronary heart disease: ecological analysis

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D A Leon et al. BMJ. 2000.

. 2000 Jun 24;320(7251):1705-6.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7251.1705.

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT. d.leon@lshtm.ac.uk

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Early environmental factors may have role in both Crohn's disease and gastric carcinoma.
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