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Alcohol and cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Albert J. Tuyns
Affiliation:
International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert-Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cédex 08, France
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Diet and Cancer’
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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