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A nested case‐control study of dietary factors and the risk of incident cytological abnormalities of the cervix
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Several earlier case-control studies reported inverse associations of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) with high dietary or biomarker levels of carotenoids, folate, and vitamins C and E. However, most studies did not measure the primary causal factor, cancer-associated genital human papillomaviruses (HPV), now detected by sensitive viral DNA tests. This nested case-control study assessed whether...
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