Conquering cancer disparities: New opportunities for cancer epidemiology, biomarker, and prevention research

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1569-1571

  Rebbeck, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33749351195     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0613     Document Type: Editorial

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