Simian virus 40 and pleural mesothelioma in humans

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 473-475

  Strickler, H D ^a   Goedert, J J ^a   Fleming, M ^b   Travis, W D ^b   Williams, A E ^c   Rabkin, C S ^a   Daniel, R W ^d   Shah, K V ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030013510     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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