Oncogenic retroviruses of cattle, chickens and turkeys: Potential infectivity and oncogenicity for humans

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 354-356

  Johnson, E S ^a,b   Griswold, C M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CATTLE; CHICKEN; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SHORT SURVEY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029965872     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90186-3     Document Type: Article

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