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. 1996 Sep;39(3):345–347. doi: 10.1136/gut.39.3.345

Vitamin C and gastric cancer: supplements for some or fruit for all?

P O'Toole 1, M Lombard 1
PMCID: PMC1383336  PMID: 8949634

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