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Abstract
The Japanese prefer talc-dusted rice in their diet. The incidence of stomach cancer in Japan is unusually high. Most talc has some asbestos contaminants. Epidemiologic evidence is presented that the asbestos-contaminated talc on rice in the diet is the carcinogen or cocarcinogen responsible for the high incidence of Japanese stomach cancer.Entities:
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Year: 1971 PMID: 5098957 DOI: 10.1126/science.173.4002.1141
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728