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Dietary acrylamide and risk of renal cell cancer

  1. Lorelei A. Mucci1,2,†,*,
  2. Per Lindblad1,3,
  3. Gunnar Steineck4,
  4. Hans-Olov Adami1,2

Article first published online: 22 JAN 2004

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20011

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 109, Issue 5, pages 774–776, 1 May 2004

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Mucci, L. A., Lindblad, P., Steineck, G. and Adami, H.-O. (2004), Dietary acrylamide and risk of renal cell cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 109: 774–776. doi: 10.1002/ijc.20011

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  1. 1

    Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Urology, Sundsvall Hospital, Sundsvall, Sweden

  4. 4

    Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  1. †

    Fax: +617-566-7805

*Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02115

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 FEB 2004
  2. Article first published online: 22 JAN 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 16 OCT 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 30 SEP 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 29 AUG 2003

Funded by

  • Swedish Cancer Society
  • Emil Andersson Foundation for Medical Research
  • Henry Kjellen Foundation for Cancer Research
  • Gerd and Harry Jakobsson Foundation
  • Hilda and Ernst Andersson Foundation
  • Family Hallerström Foundation
  • National Corporation of Swedish Pharmacies
  • Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education

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