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. 1973 Feb;27(2):167–172. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1973.20

Environmental Factors and Cancer of the Colon and Breast

B S Drasar, Doreen Irving
PMCID: PMC2008837  PMID: 4694388

Abstract

The correlation between cancer of the breast, colon and stomach dietary factors, and various indicators of standard of living was examined. Cancer of the breast and colon was highly correlated with fat and animal protein.

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