How to starve a tumor

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 493-496

  Taunton, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031194563     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(97)90320-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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