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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2016; 05(02): 062
DOI: 10.4103/2278-330X.181628
Letter to the Editor

Bromide contamination in rice, cancer risk for consumer

Sora Yasri
Primary Care Unit, KMT Center, Bangkok
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Viroj Wiwanitkit
Hainan Medical University, China
Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia
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