Do fungi play a role in the aetiology of cancer?

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-42

  Wainwright, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fungi; Helicobacter; Mycotoxins; Turnouts; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARCINOGENESIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FUNGAL METABOLISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES; YEAST;

EID: 0036187150     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-200201000-00004     Document Type: Article

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