The genetic basis of cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-226

  Dimond, Eileen ^a   Peters, June ^b   Jenkins, Jeanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; GENETIC DISORDER; NURSING EDUCATION; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION;

COCARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030919968     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-199706000-00007     Document Type: Article

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