Risk of death from cancer and ischaemic heart disease in meat and non-meat eaters.

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Published in BMJ on June 25, 1994

Authors

M Thorogood1, J Mann, P Appleby, K McPherson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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