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The chart
illustrates the extent of the decline in gastric cancers over the past 30 years (plotted
with data from Coleman et al, 1998). Sharp declines occurred in Japanese men and women,
and more gentle declines among HK men and women have occurred. What explanations can you offer for these declines? |