Are we winning or losing the war on cancer? Deciphering the propaganda of NCI’S 33-year war

New Solutions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-124

  Howe, Genevieve K ^a   Clapp, Richard W ^a  

^a University School of Public Health   (United States)

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EID: 35048851243     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/4ERA-540H-7U7C-PB3V     Document Type: Article

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