Modification effects of GSTM1, GSTT1 and CYP2E1 polymorphisms on associations between raw salted food and incomplete intestinal metaplasia in a high-risk area of stomach cancer.

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Incomplete intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precursor of stomach cancer. To identify risk factors of incomplete IM, a 2-stage survey was carried out in 1995 among 1,485 residents in Matzu, an area with highest mortality from stomach cancer in Taiwan. There were 312 study subjects including 174 men and 138 women sampled for the gastroendoscopic examination of IM. Information on personal and familial history of...

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