Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors

@article{Danaei2005CausesOC,
  title={Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors},
  author={Goodarz Danaei and Stephen vander Hoorn and Alan D. Lopez and Christopher J. L. Murray and Majid Ezzati},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2005},
  volume={366},
  pages={1784-1793}
}
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