Epidemiologic study of tumors in dinosaurs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Rothschild, B M ^a,b,c,d   Tanke, D H ^e   Helbling, M ^a   Martin, L D ^d  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TUMOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CANCER SCREENING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIBROMA; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HEREDITY; METASTASIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLASTOMA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345375524     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0473-9     Document Type: Article

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