Africa’s Oesophageal Cancer Corridor: Geographic Variations in Incidence Correlate with Certain Micronutrient Deficiencies

• Torin Schaafsma,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Jon Wakefield,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

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• Rachel Hanisch,

  Affiliation Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

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• Freddie Bray,

  Affiliation Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

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• Joachim Schüz,

  Affiliation Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

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• Edward J. M. Joy,

  Affiliations Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, Inorganic Geochemistry, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, United Kingdom

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• Michael J. Watts,

  Affiliation Centre for Environmental Geochemistry, Inorganic Geochemistry, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, United Kingdom

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• Valerie McCormack

  * E-mail: mccormackv@iarc.fr

  Affiliation Section of Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

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