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• This research was supported by Contract # NO1CP‐651788 from the National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention, Bethesda, MD.
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• Aspects of this research project were used in fulfillment of the doctoral degree requirement of Teachers College, Columbia University.
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• We thank Jackeline Hittleman, Rachel Tanowitz, and Ethlynn Shorr for collecting dietary data and information about vitamin usage; Yvonne Raiford for managing the computer analysis of the food records; and Diane Scarcella and Toni Ann DiPalma for typing.
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• Please address correspondence to Dr. Judith Wylie‐Rosett, Department of Community Health, Room 1308C, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
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