Malignant pleural mesothelioma: The puzzling role of gene-environment interaction

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1604-1607

  Di Maria, Giuseppe U ^a   Comba, Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MESOTHELIUM CELL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 2442540984     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.5.1604     Document Type: Editorial

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