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Breast cancer and methylxanthine consumption

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  1. Colleen C. McLaughlin
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  2. Martin C. Mahoney
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  3. Philip C. Nasca
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  4. Barbara B. Metzger
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Ms McLaughlin, Drs Mahoney and Nasca, Ms Metzger, and Dr Baptiste are with the Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, USA. Drs Mahoney, Nasca, and Baptiste are also with the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, USA. Ms Field is with the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA. Address correspondence to Ms McLaughlin, Bureau of Cancer Epidemiology, New York State Department of Health, ESP, Corning Tower Room 565, Albany, NY 12237-0683, USA. This study was supported in part by NCI grant CA 29622.

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McLaughlin, C.C., Mahoney, M.C., Nasca, P.C. et al. Breast cancer and methylxanthine consumption. Cancer Causes Control 3, 175–178 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051658

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