Genetic predisposition to human lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 453-457

  Heighway, J ^a   Thatcher, N ^a   Cerny, T ^a   Hasleton, P S ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; ONCOGENE C H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ALLELES; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0022574451     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1986.72     Document Type: Article

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