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Epidemiology and the prevention of cancer: some recent developments

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The “Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology” publishes in loose succession “Editorials” and “Guest Editorials” on current and/or controversial problems in experimental and clinical oncology. These contributions represent exclusively the personal opinion of the author. The Editors

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Doll, R. Epidemiology and the prevention of cancer: some recent developments. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 114, 447–458 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00391491

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