Cohort studies of etiology and survival after cancer: The unique needs for uninterrupted funding

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-241

  Colditz, Graham A ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Etiology; Funding; Peer review

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33847686883     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-0114-2     Document Type: Review

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