The international agency for research on cancer: A brief review of its history, mission, and program

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-85

  Higginson, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031879646     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2454     Document Type: Review

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