Cancer culture: Epidemics, human behavior, and the dubious search for new risk factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-359

  Colditz, G A ^a  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLON CANCER; MELANOMA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035119104     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.3.357     Document Type: Article

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