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Maternal cured meat consumption during pregnancy and risk of paediatric brain tumour in offspring: potentially harmful levels of intake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

David M Klurfeld
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition & Food Science Wayne StateUniversity Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Abstract

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