A prospective study of obesity and cancer risk (Sweden).

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Published in Cancer Causes Control on January 01, 2001

Authors

A Wolk1, G Gridley, M Svensson, O Nyrén, J K McLaughlin, J F Fraumeni, H O Adam

Author Affiliations

1: Karolinska Institute, Department of Medical Epidemiology, Stockholm, Sweden. Alicja.Wolk@mep.ki.se

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