Is this the historical 'cancer germ'?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 290-292

  Wainwright, Milton ^a   Al Talih, Abdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037318870     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00388-2     Document Type: Article

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