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Multicenter Study
. 2009 Mar;18(3):1007-10.
doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0801.

No difference between red wine or white wine consumption and breast cancer risk

Polly A Newcomb  1 , Hazel B Nichols, Jeannette M Beasley, Kathleen Egan, Linda Titus-Ernstoff, John M Hampton, Amy Trentham-Dietz
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Multicenter Study

No difference between red wine or white wine consumption and breast cancer risk

Polly A Newcomb et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Mar.

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  • Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 May;18(5):1667
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