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Colditz, G.A., Samplin-Salgado, M., Ryan, C.T. et al. Harvard Report on Cancer Prevention, Volume 5 Fulfilling the potential for cancer prevention: policy approaches. Cancer Causes Control 13, 199–212 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015040702565

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