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Case-control studies of common alleles and environmental factors.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs - 1 Jan 1999
Caporaso N, Rothman N, Wacholder S
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It is clear from descriptive and migration studies that most cancer is environmental in origin. Descriptive, case-control and cohort studies have provided the foundation for our understanding of the environmental component of cancer etiology as well as most major causes of morbidity and mortality. We propose that the same epidemiologic methods that have provided fundamental insight into the etiology of cancer in...
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