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Chemical food contaminants in the initiation of cancer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Anthony R. Tricker  and
Rolf Preussmann
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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Symposium on ‘Diet and Cancer’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , July 1990 , pp. 133 - 144
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