Height and mortality from cancer among men: prospective observational study.

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Published in BMJ on November 14, 1998

Authors

G D Smith1, M Shipley, D A Leon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social Medicine, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK.

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