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. 2016 Aug 25;375(8):794-8.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMsr1606602.

Body Fatness and Cancer--Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group

Béatrice Lauby-Secretan  1 , Chiara Scoccianti  1 , Dana Loomis  1 , Yann Grosse  1 , Franca Bianchini  1 , Kurt Straif  1 ; International Agency for Research on Cancer Handbook Working Group
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Body Fatness and Cancer--Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group

Béatrice Lauby-Secretan et al. N Engl J Med. .
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