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Dietary lignin, an insoluble fiber, enhanced uterine cancer but did not influence mammary cancer induced by N‐methyl‐N‐nitrosourea in rats

Diane F. Birt Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198; Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, 2312 Food Sciences Bldg., Ames, IA, 50011–1061
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Rodney S. Markin Department of Pathology/Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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Darcy Blackwood Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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Djuana M.E. Harvell Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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James D. Shull Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
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Karen L. Pennington Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198
Pages 24-30 | Received 17 Jul 1997, Accepted 16 Mar 1998, Published online: 04 Aug 2009

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