Age distribution of cancer in mice: The incidence turnover at old age

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-16

  Pompei, Francesco ^a   Polkanov, Michael ^b   Wilson, Richard ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; cancer cell senescence; cancer incidence; cancer model; dietary restriction

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036206864     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233701th091oa     Document Type: Article

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