Helicobacter pylori and esophageal cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

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Published in Cancer Prev Res (Phila) on October 01, 2008

Authors

Farhad Islami1, Farin Kamangar

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1: Digestive Disease Research Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

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