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THE high frequency of cancer of the uterine cervix in southern Africans1 and the general epidemiological features of the disease2 suggest that chemical carcinogens might be found in infected discharge from the human cervix.
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HARINGTON, J., NUNN, J. & IRWIG, L. Dimethylnitrosamine in the Human Vaginal Vault. Nature 241, 49–50 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241049b0
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