Dissecting causal components in gastric carcinogenesis

aGenetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit, Institute of Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore bIRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome cDepartment of Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute of Pharmacological Research dDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Correspondence to Stefania Boccia, MSc, DSc, PhD, Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit, Institute of Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, L.go F. Vito, 1-00168 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 6 30154396/35001527; fax: +39 6 35001522; e-mail: [email protected] Received December 19, 2012 Accepted January 23, 2013