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Chemical food contaminants in the initiation of cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Anthony R. Tricker
Affiliation:
Institute of Toxicology and Chemotherapy, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
Rolf Preussmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Toxicology and Chemotherapy, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-6900 Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

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Type
Symposium on ‘Diet and Cancer’
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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