Cancer epidemiology in the last century and the next decade

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6835, 2001, Pages 390-395

  Peto, Julian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENS; CELLS; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TUMORS;

HUMAN CARCINOGENESIS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER MODEL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIET; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0035902067     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35077256     Document Type: Review

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