The case for iron repletion as a promoter in testicular cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-132

  Crawford, R D ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; IRON KINETICS; IRON OVERLOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0031872887     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90106-2     Document Type: Article

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