Structure and growth of tumors: The effect of cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical geometries

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 858, Issue , 1998, Pages 127-136

  Rizwan Uddin, ^a   Saeed, Ibrahim M ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENCAPSULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031687053     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10147.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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