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Non-dietary environmental risk factors in prostate cancer
J. Ferrís-i-Tortajada,O. Berbel-Tornero,J. Garcia-i-Castell,J.A. López-Andreu,E. Sobrino-Najul,Juan Antonio Ortega-García +5 more
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The aim is to update and disclose the main environmental risk factors, excluding dietary factors, involved in the etiopathology of prostate cancer.Abstract:
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The aim is to update and disclose the main environmental risk factors, excluding dietary factors, involved in the etiopathology of prostate cancer.read more
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Constitutional and occupational risk factors associated with bladder cancer.
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