Unfriendly chemicals in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-8

  Khan, S A ^a   Beck, A ^a   Carmichael, P L ^a   Taylor Robinson, S D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037227058     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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