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Is there a link between diet and esophageal cancer?

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  1. S Gallus is the Chief of the Unit of Epidemiology for Clinical Research in the Laboratory of Epidemiology at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri. C La Vecchia is the Chief of the Laboratory of Epidemiology at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, and an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,

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Gallus, S., La Vecchia, C. Is there a link between diet and esophageal cancer?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 4, 2–3 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0697

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