The causes and prevention of cancer.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 06, 1995

Authors

B N Ames1, L S Gold, W C Willett

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1: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.

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