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Review
. 1998 Dec 12;317(7173):1636-40.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7173.1636.

Diet and the prevention of cancer

J H Cummings  1 , S A Bingham
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Review

Diet and the prevention of cancer

J H Cummings et al. BMJ. .
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Changes in mortality per 100 000 population for major cancers between 1981-3 and 1994-6 in England and Wales. Age standardised to revised final mid-1991 population estimates
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