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Micronutrients and cancer aetiology: the epidemiological evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Timothy Key
Timothy Key
Affiliation:
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE
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‘Newer aspects of micronutrients’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , November 1994 , pp. 605 - 614
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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