Diet, nutrition, and avoidable cancer.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on November 01, 1995

Authors

W C Willett1

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Health Professionals Follow-up Study | NCT00005182

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