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Epidemiology and Mechanisms Relating Diet to Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Sheila A. Bingham
Sheila A. Bingham
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Medical Research Council, Dunn Clinical Nutrition Centre, CambridgeCB2 2DH
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 197 - 239
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