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Sources

• Hormel Foods Corporation. “Spam Timeline.” http://www.Spam.com/museum/Spam_history.aspx
• ­Nöthlings U, Wilkens LR, Murphy SP, Hankin JH, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN. “Meat and Fat Intake as Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.” Journal of the National Cancer Insitute, June 7, 2006. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/19/1458
• Patten, Margeurite. "Spam The Cookbook." Hamlyn , 2001.
• The Meadowlands. “Giants Stadium Facts & Figures.” http://www.meadowlands.com/giantsFacts.asp?navID=7
• Wyman, Carolyn. "Spam: A Biography." Harvest Books, 1999.