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Minerals and Cancer

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Nutrition and Cancer

Abstract

Only a few epidemiological studies have been conducted to determine the relationship between minerals and the incidence of cancer in humans. This is mainly due to the difficulty of identifying populations with significantly different intakes of the various minerals. In contrast, there have been numerous studies on the carcinogenic effects of many metals, administered at high doses to the animals parenterally. However, the results of these animal studies have shed little light on the potential carcinogenic risk from these elements in the amounts occurring naturally in the diet of humans.

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